0 present participle of appoint
1 to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility:
He's just been appointed (as) director of the publishing division.
[ + to infinitive ] A commission has just been appointed to investigate fraud claims.
2 to arrange a date or time when a meeting or other event will happen:
The truth is that they appoint no more than a token number of women to managerial jobs.
He'll be the acting director until they can appoint a permanent one.
The police have appointed a liaison officer to work with the local community.
The government has appointed a drugs tsar to co-ordinate the fight against drug abuse.
A top German engineer has been appointed to troubleshoot the cause of the accident.
Furthermore, in reality farmers had little voice in managing or appointing the management team of their community's irrigation system.
Municipal and political authorities could no longer prevent barrio communities from appointing their own judges and overseeing their own land allocation.
He also set about the process of acquiring premises and appointing staff.
