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ap·point·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. appointive, appointedadjective

    subject to appointment

  2. appointedadjective

    selected for a job

    "the one appointed for guard duty"

  3. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribedadjective

    fixed or established especially by order or command

    "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

  4. appointedadjective

    provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)

    "a house that is beautifully appointed"

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  1. appointed

    Appointed refers to being officially chosen or selected for a particular job, role, or responsibility, often through a formal decision or process. It can also indicate a certain time or place that has been decided upon for a specific event or meeting to occur.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Appointed

    of Appoint

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. appointed

    Commissioned--named for a special duty.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'appointed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1661

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'appointed' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3638

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of appointed in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of appointed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of appointed in a Sentence

  1. William Ross:

    The fact that he's lost cases decided by Republican-appointed judges and won cases by Democratic-appointed judges helps to demonstrate that the United States continues to have a highly independent judiciary that bases its rulings on the constitution and law rather than the political leanings of the administration.

  2. Herodotus:

    Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

  3. Geoffrey Berman:

    I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was' stepping down' as United States Attorney. I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, i will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate. Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption.

  4. Geoffrey Berman:

    I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate Judiciary.

  5. Hal Singer:

    ' Novel' is a dirty word in antitrust, it doesn't matter if it's a Democratic-appointed judge or a Republican-appointed judge — they're all conservative in the sense that they're worried about their opinions being appealed.

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