Synonyms for appoint
əˈpɔɪntap·point

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1. appoint

   Allot, originally to assign by lot, applies to the giving of a definite thing to a certain person. A portion or extent of time is allotted; as, I expect to live out my allotted time. A definite period is appointed; as, the audience assembled at the appointed hour. Allot may also refer to space; as, to allot a plot of ground for a cemetery; but we now oftener use select, set apart, or assign. Allot is not now used of persons. Appoint may be used of time, space, or person; as, the appointed day; the appointed place; an officer was appointed to this station. Destine may also refer to time, place, or person, but it always has reference to what is considerably in the future; a man appoints to meet his friend in five minutes; he destines his son to follow his own profession. Assign is rarely used of time, but rather of places, persons, or things. We assign a work to be done and assign a man to do it, who, if he fails, must assign a reason for not doing it. That which is allotted, appointed, or assigned is more or less arbitrary; that which is awarded is the due requital of something the receiver has done, and he has right and claim to it; as, the medal was awarded for valor. Compare APPORTION.

   Synonyms:
   allot, apportion, assign, award, destine, distribute, divide, give, grant, mete out, portion out, select, set apart

   Antonyms:
   appropriate, confiscate, deny, refuse, resume, retain, seize, withhold

   Preposition:
   Allot to a company for a purpose.

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1. appoint

   Synonyms:
   fix, determine, instal, allot, order, prescribe, institute, employ, apportion, apply, designate, assign, intrust, invest, ordain, arrange

   Antonyms:
   reverse, cancel, recall, withdraw, reserve, withhold, retain, undo, suspend, disarrange, disappoint

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1. appoint, name, nominate, constituteverb

   create and charge with a task or function

   "nominate a committee"

   Synonyms:
   found, form, put up, list, identify, represent, be, bring up, mention, name, describe, advert, plant, put forward, comprise, establish, key out, propose, institute, diagnose, call, charge, discover, make up, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitute

2. appoint, chargeverb

   assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

   "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

   Synonyms:
   saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, name, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, charge, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, nominate, excite, lodge, send, constitute

3. appointverb

   furnish

   "a beautifully appointed house"

   Synonyms:
   name, nominate, charge, constitute

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1. • Equip

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1. entroverb

   beginning, start

   entro of my vlog will soon be out

   Submitted by addsaddad12 on August 14, 2022  

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1. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   fix, determine, prescribe, set, establish

2. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, ordain, enjoin, require, command, decree, order, bid, impose, insist on

3. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   assign, allot, designate, destine

4. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   nominate, name, constitute, create

5. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   furnish, equip, supply

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1. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, prescribe, ordain, enjoin, assign, allot, deputize, depute, commission, delegate, nominate

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1. List of paraphrases for "appoint":

   designate, nominate, appointment, appointing, appointed, appoints, name, designating, naming, appointments, identify, denote, designation

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How to use appoint in a sentence?

1. Naz Masraff:

   Davutoglu is expected to appoint AKP sympathizers from outside the parliament to these posts, which is likely to increase tensions within the legislature. The AKP, as a result, will dominate the provisional government.

2. Rod Rosenstein:

   You view it as an issue of principle that I need to commit to appoint a special counsel in a manner that I don't even know if it's being investigated, but my view is that I have a responsibility when I take that oath, if I become deputy attorney general. I cannot take it conditioned upon having committed how I'm going to handle a particular case.

3. Aesop:

   We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

4. Brad Sherman:

   But it's obvious now that Trump doesn't like Powell and is trying to appoint people to Powell's board that are the cultural antithesis to Powell. Because Powell is disliked by Trump, we like him a lot more.

5. Matteo Salvini:

   ITALY'S BERLUSCONI ADOPTS TRUMP'S RHETORIC AS ELECTION NEARS, CALLS MIGRANTS A 'SOCIAL BOMB' The coalition leaders have said whichever party gets the most votes will get to choose the prime minister. Berlusconi has said he would appoint longtime ally and European Parliament President Antonio Tajani. Should the League get more votes, that would open the door to Salvini being prime minister. However, that is unlikely if the polls are accurate, and there are indications that Salvini and Berlusconi are more likely to hash out a deal where Salvini gets a migration-focused position at the Interior Department. Give me the interior ministry for three months and you'll see what order and cleanliness I bring back from north to south all over Italy.