Synonym: assign, choose, elect, name, nominate, vote for. Similar words: appointment, point, point out, point to, in point of, to the point, a case in point, joint. Meaning: [ə'pɔɪnt] v. 1. create and charge with a task or function 2. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to 3. furnish.
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61. Nor was he under a duty to appoint a sufficient number of adjudication officers to handle applications within a statutory period.
62. Section 41 imposes a duty on the court to appoint a guardian ad litem in most public law proceedings under the Act.
63. The normal practice is to appoint a Cabinet of fifteen to twenty-five members.
64. Chuan had been under considerable pressure to appoint the Democrat Party secretary-general, Maj.-Gen.
65. Departments with an eye to the ratings tend to appoint established researchers with proven records, rather than younger, unpublished candidates.
66. If Bush wins, he should appoint Clinton as his secretary of state and give Gore a seat in the cabinet.
67. Sefton Council is to appoint a youth sport manager in the borough as part of a phased three year sporting programme.
68. Women's organizations are trying to force the government to appoint more women to senior positions.
69. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop
70. Having failed to persuade Mr Shankly to change his mind, Liverpool's board resisted the temptation to appoint another charismatic manager.
71. Like any office holder, he could appoint his own deputy.
72. Gingrich shook hands with Clinton last June promising to appoint a commission to change the way congressional campaigns are financed.
73. Your intellectual resources and personal qualities will be exceptional and we will only appoint those who have the clear potential to succeed.
74. These committees regularly appoint their own members to the Court.
75. She used to be with Grand Metropolitan and now, apparently, they've had to appoint men to fill her post.
76. The normal practice is to appoint two or more directors, one of whom is the company secretary.
77. His former Sunderland boss has yet to appoint a right-hand man at Bristol City.
78. If Dole becomes president and McCain becomes a Cabinet secretary, Symington could appoint himself as replacement.
79. All that remained was for the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument to appoint a day for s9 to come into effect.
80. Cumin makes the significant point that employers appoint school leavers to posts before examination results are known in any case.
81. To ensure that our plans for science and technology diffuse throughout government Labour will appoint a minister for science.
82. The audit committee should be formally established as a sub-committee accountable to the board, and the board should appoint its members.
83. Such a clause may provide for the president of the professional body to appoint such a person.
84. It also called a shareholders' meeting to appoint new directors.
85. The Government has announced it will appoint a civil emergencies adviser with a small team geared towards encouraging multi-disciplinary planning.
86. These committed groups, or a committee to represent them,[http://Sentencedict.com] could appoint the auditors and receive their report.
87. The head of state would have no powers to dissolve parliament or to appoint state officials without parliamentary approval.
88. When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit.
89. First priority, however, was to appoint a head office team.
90. Many New Zealanders need educating about your antiquated laws, since the person you appoint as monarch automatically becomes our monarch too.
More similar words: appointment, point, point out, point to, in point of, to the point, a case in point, joint, go into, coin, join, support, suppose, oppose, opposed, opponent, join in, enjoin, go in for, supposing, supporter, ongoing, supportive, supposedly, in support of, opposition, happy, apple, apply, opportunity.