appointee
/əpɔɪnˈtiː/
US pronunciation
American sound/əpɔɪnˈtiː/
əpɔɪnˈtiː
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 3rd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
əpɔɪn - ˈtiː -> appointee
Myanmar meaning
(n) (အကြောင်း တစ်စုံတစ်ရာအရ၊ အတွက်) ခန့်အပ်ခြင်းခံရသူ။
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၁။ ~ sb (as/to sth); ~ sb (to do sth) ခန့်သည်။ ခန့်အပ်သည်။ တာဝန်ပေးသည်။
They have appointed Angela Smith/a new manager. ❍ He was appointed to the vacant post. ❍ Who should we appoint (as) chairperson? ❍ We must appoint somebody to act as secretary.
၂။ ~ sth (for sth) (fml ) (အချိန်၊ နေရာ) သတ်မှတ်သည်။ ချိန်းဆိုသည်။
appoint a date for a meeting ❍ at the time appointed/the appointed time.
❏ appointee /ǝpↄÇn'ti:/ n (အကြောင်း တစ်စုံတစ်ရာအရ၊ အတွက်) ခန့်အပ်ခြင်းခံရသူ။ a political appointee.
More examples
- We need to appoint a new school secretary.
- The newly appointed editor of the magazine
- [appoint someone (as) something] : Picard has been appointed managing director of the new division.
- [appoint someone to do something] : A subcommittee should be appointed to assist the chairperson.
- [appoint someone to something] : She was the first woman to be appointed to the board.
- Proceedings will be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by this committee.
- [the appointed time/place] : He arrived at Ella’s office at the appointed time.
Synonyms
employ, sign up, hire, assign, take on, accredit, agree, allot, arm, arrange, choose, command, commission, decide on, decree, delegate, designate, determine, direct, elect, engage, enjoin, equip, establish, finger, fit, fit out, fix, furnish, gear, install, name, nominate, ordain, outfit, pick, provide, retain, rig, select, set, settle, settle on, supply, tap, turn out
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