appointed

/əˈpɔɪntɪd/

/əˈpɔɪntɪd/

To be appointed is to be given a task or job. If you're appointed as the week's doughnut fetcher at work, it means you've been assigned the job of bringing treats for everyone.

You might be appointed for a small duty or for a large promotion, as when the gym teacher at school is unexpectedly appointed principal. Another way to use the adjective appointed is to mean "well furnished." Lovely homes and fancy hotels are often described as "well appointed" or "luxuriously appointed.

Definitions of appointed

1. adjective

   selected for a job
   “the one appointed for guard duty”

   synonyms:

   assigned

   appointed to a post or duty
2. adjective

   subject to appointment
   synonyms: appointive

   nominated, nominative

   appointed by nomination

   non-elective, nonelected, nonelective

   filled by appointment rather than by election
3. adjective

   fixed or established especially by order or command
   “"at the time appointed (or the appointed time")”

   synonyms: decreed, ordained, prescribed

   settled

   established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
4. adjective

   provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)
   “a house that is beautifully appointed”

   synonyms:

   equipped, furnished

   provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority)