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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1. Jeb Bush Bush:

   One thing I won't do is just say as a candidate :' I'm just going to tear up the agreement on the first day.' That sounds great, but maybe you ought to check in with your allies first, maybe you ought to appoint a secretary of state, maybe a secretary of defense. You might want to have your team in place before you take an act like that.

2. H. Ross Perot:

   If you see a snake, just kill it. Don't appoint a committee on snakes.

3. Joe Biden:

   I( have) committed that, if I'm elected as president and have the opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, I'll appoint the first Black woman to Supreme Court. It's required that they have representation now — it's long overdue.

4. John Roberts:

   The commission can say, 'Don't blame us. We didn't do it.' The president can say, 'Don't blame me. I didn't appoint them,'.

5. Orrin Hatch:

   I can understand the disappointment of our Democratic colleagues, they were hoping that the Hillary Clinton would fill this vacancy on the Supreme Court, and she would appoint somebody very different from Brett Kavanaugh. I think what they hoped for is that she would appoint somebody who would -- who would advance their political or policy or ideological agenda wearing a black robe but acting as essentially a legislator.