Definitions for appointed
ap·point·ed

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Appointed

   of Appoint

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

How to pronounce appointed?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say appointed in sign language?

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. Remy Green:

   The Postal Service has long promised that' [ n ] either snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, the Court rightly added the obvious footnote : fixing an election and cost-cutting can not cut it as an exception to that promise.

2. Doug Ducey:

   The governor is hopeful that Jon Kyl will continue to serve in the appointed Senate seat through 2020, at this point we would not speculate on a vacancy that does not exist.

3. Claude Pepper:

   The mistake a lot of politicians make is forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

4. Secretary Walsh:

   As I said on February 3, I was not aware of these serious allegations until after I appointed Dennis White as police commissioner. Neither the allegations nor Internal Affairs files were shared with me in 2014, or during any other consideration of Dennis White, had I known, I would not have chosen Dennis White for police commissioner or any other role.

5. Boris Johnson:

   I have appointed a new cabinet who will serve, as I will, until a new leader is in place, when the herd instinct moves, it moves.

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