to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench. to determine by authority or agreement; fix; set: to appoint a time for the meeting.

What do you mean by appoint?

1 : to choose for some duty, job, or office The school board appointed three new teachers. 2 : to decide on usually from a position of authority The teacher appointed a time for our meeting. appoint. transitive verb.

How do you use a verb appoint?

1to choose someone for a job or position of responsibility appoint somebody They have appointed a new principal at my son's school. appoint somebody to something She has recently been appointed to the committee. appoint somebody + noun appoint somebody as something They appointed him (as) captain of the math team.