appointed
Syllables: ap·point·ed/əˈpɔɪntɪd/
appointed adjective: subject to appointment, as opposed to an election. Also the simple past and past participle of appoint.
Adjective
appointed (not comparable)
- Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
- In the United States, the Secretary of State is an appointed position.
Also used as
appointed is also the simple past and past participle of appoint.
appointed meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Punjabi and Gujarati
appointed in Marathi
- नियुक्त, नेमले
appointed in Urdu
- مقرر کردہ
appointed in Punjabi
- ਨਿਯੁਕਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ, ਨਿਯੁਕਤ ਕੀਤਾ
appointed in Gujarati
- નિમણૂક કરવામાં આવી
More languagesFewer languages
- appointed in Odia
- ନିଯୁକ୍ତ
- appointed in Nepali
- नियुक्त, नियुक्त गरियो
Examples of appointed in a sentence
- The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
- Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
- He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
Words formed from appointed
Questions about appointed
- What does appointed mean?
- Appointed means subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
- What is appointed in Marathi?
- Appointed in Marathi is नियुक्त, नेमले. See Appointed meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is appointed?
- Appointed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce appointed?
- Appointed is pronounced /əˈpɔɪntɪd/.
Words near appointed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: appointed (page history and authors); appointed (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appointed (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appointed (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appointed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appointed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appointed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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