verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/əˈpɔɪnt/
rhymes with -ɔɪnt
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To name (someone to a post or role).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: make, name
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To resolve; to determine; to ordain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
furnish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a beautifully appointed house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: equip, fit, fit out, outfit
9
verb
Meaning 9
create and charge with a task or function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
nominate a committee
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: name, nominate, constitute
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
Narrower terms: pack, co-opt
10
verb
Meaning 10
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He was appointed deputy manager
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
определям
(opredeljam)
— to fix (the time and place of)
Bulgarian:
предписвам
(predpisvam)
— to fix (the time and place of)
Chinese Mandarin:
約定 /约定
(yuēdìng)
— to fix (the time and place of)
Chinese Mandarin:
預約 /预约
(yùyuē)
— to fix (the time and place of)
Dutch:
beschikken
— to fix (the time and place of)
Dutch:
bepalen
— to fix (the time and place of)
Dutch:
vaststellen
— to fix (the time and place of)
Finnish:
asettaa
— to fix (the time and place of)
French:
fixer
— to fix (the time and place of)
French:
poser
— to fix (the time and place of)
German:
bestimmen
— to fix (the time and place of)
German:
festlegen
— to fix (the time and place of)
Hindi:
नियुक्त करना
(niyukt karnā)
— to fix (the time and place of)
Italian:
fissare
— to fix (the time and place of)
Italian:
costituire
— to fix (the time and place of)
Latin:
scisco
— to fix (the time and place of)
Māori:
kopou
— to fix (the time and place of)
Polish:
umawiać
— to fix (the time and place of)
Polish:
umówić
— to fix (the time and place of)
Russian:
назначать
(naznačatʹ)
— to fix (the time and place of)
Ukrainian:
признача́ти
(pryznačáty)
— to fix (the time and place of)
Albanian:
emëroj
— to name to a post
Azerbaijani:
təyin etmək
— to name to a post
Bashkir:
ҡуйыу
(quyıw)
— to name to a post
Chickasaw:
atokoli
— to name to a post
Chinese Mandarin:
委任
(wěirèn)
— to name to a post
Chinese Mandarin:
任命
(rènmìng)
— to name to a post
Choctaw:
atokoli
— to name to a post
Dutch:
benoemen
— to name to a post
Esperanto:
nomumi
— to name to a post
Faroese:
útnevna
— to name to a post
Finnish:
nimittää
— to name to a post
German:
ernennen
— to name to a post
Hebrew:
מִנָּה
(minná)
— to name to a post
Hindi:
नियुक्त करना
(niyukt karnā)
— to name to a post
Irish:
ceap
— to name to a post
Italian:
nominare
— to name to a post
Italian:
designare
— to name to a post
Italian:
assegnare
— to name to a post
Italian:
incaricare
— to name to a post
Māori:
kopou
— to name to a post
Old English:
sċrīfan
— to name to a post
Russian:
назначать
(naznačatʹ)
— to name to a post
Russian:
приставлять
(pristavljatʹ)
— to name to a post
Russian:
присваивать звание
(prisvaivatʹ zvanije)
— to name to a post
Sanskrit:
दधाति
(dadhāti)
— to name to a post
Sikkimese:
སྐོས
(skos)
— to name to a post
Welsh:
penodi
— to name to a post
Zazaki:
tayin kerden
— to name to a post
Bulgarian:
оборудвам
(oborudvam)
— to furnish with everything necessary
Finnish:
varustaa
— to furnish with everything necessary
Finnish:
varustella
— to furnish with everything necessary
German:
ausstatten
— to furnish with everything necessary
German:
ausrüsten
— to furnish with everything necessary
Italian:
approntare
— to furnish with everything necessary
Italian:
equipaggiare
— to furnish with everything necessary
Portuguese:
prover
— to furnish with everything necessary
Russian:
снаряжать
(snarjažatʹ)
— to furnish with everything necessary
Russian:
оборудовать
(oborudovatʹ)
— to furnish with everything necessary
Hebrew:
מִנָּה
(minná)
— to equip or assign authoritatively
Russian:
предоставлять
(predostavljatʹ)
— to equip or assign authoritatively
Russian:
жаловать
(žalovatʹ)
— to equip or assign authoritatively
Spanish:
nombrar a dedo
— to equip or assign authoritatively
Zazaki:
eşten
— (law) to fix the disposition of
Bulgarian:
установявам
(ustanovjavam)
— to fix with power or firmness
Finnish:
määrätä
— to fix with power or firmness
French:
fixer
— to fix with power or firmness
French:
poser
— to fix with power or firmness
French:
déterminer
— to fix with power or firmness
German:
festlegen
— to fix with power or firmness
German:
festsetzen
— to fix with power or firmness
Latin:
scisco
— to fix with power or firmness
Latin:
lego
— to fix with power or firmness
Māori:
kopou
— to fix with power or firmness
Portuguese:
fixar
— to fix with power or firmness
Portuguese:
fincar
— to fix with power or firmness
