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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. Kevin Spacey:

    Creatively, it is the best it can get, i also think that whether people want to admit it or not, the days of appointed viewing (times) are more behind us than ahead of us.

  2. James Clyburn:

    We'll take the vote that we should take in the Senate House, and( House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) will make the determination as to when is the best time to get that vote and get the managers appointed and move that legislation over to the Senate House.

  3. Philip Slayton:

    We know nothing about these people (in Canada). I call them mystery judges because they're appointed, therefore we shouldn't be surprised when they do things that we wouldn't expect.

  4. Stephen Breyer:

    I'm there for everybody. I'm not just there for the Democrats. I'm not just there for the Republicans. And I'm not just there because the president was a Democrat who appointed me, it's a very great privilege to be in that job. And part of it is to remember that you're there for everyone. They won't like what you say half the time – or more. But you're still there for them.

  5. Herodotus:

    Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

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