{
    "term": "appoint",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "appoint",
            "heSheIt": "appoints"
        },
        "pastSimple": "appointed",
        "pastParticiple": "appointed",
        "ingForm": "appointing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to choose somebody for a job or position of responsibility",
            "sensetop": "appoint somebodyappoint somebody to somethingappoint somebody (as) somethingappoint somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have appointed a new head teacher at my son's school.",
                    "contextForm": "appoint somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has recently been appointed to the committee.",
                    "contextForm": "appoint somebody to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They appointed him (as) captain of the English team.",
                    "contextForm": "appoint somebody (as) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's been appointed British ambassador to the UN."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A lawyer was appointed to represent the child.",
                    "contextForm": "appoint somebody to do something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to arrange or decide on a time or place for doing something",
            "sensetop": "be appointed",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A date for the meeting is still to be appointed.",
                    "contextForm": "be appointed"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone was assembled at the **appointed time**."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɔɪnt/",
                "audio": "ap/appoint/appoint__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɔɪnts/",
                "audio": "ap/appoint/appoints__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɔɪntɪd/",
                "audio": "ap/appoint/appointed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɔɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ap/appoint/appointing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɔɪnt/",
                "audio": "ap/appoint/appoint__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɔɪnts/",
                "audio": "ap/appoint/appoints__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɔɪntɪd/",
                "audio": "ap/appoint/appointed__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɔɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ap/appoint/appointing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’."
}