appointed
pronunciation
How to pronounce appointed in British English: UK [ə'pɔɪntɪd]
How to pronounce appointed in American English: US [ə'pɔɪntɪd]
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- Adjective:
- subject to appointment
- selected for a job
- fixed or established especially by order or command
- provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)
Word Origin
- appointed (adj.)
- with qualifying adverb, "equipped, furnished," 1530s, from past participle of appoint (v.).
Example
- 1. The longtime federal judge was appointed by president ronald reagan .
- 2. The nlrb is an autonomous body , but its board members are appointed by the president .
- 3. On the appointed night a big crowd showed up .
- 4. The coupmakers failed because the interim government of bureaucrats and retired soldiers they appointed did a rotten job .
- 5. Mr chen even appointed the current prosecutor-general .