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Spell Bee Word: Appoint

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What does appoint mean?

Word: Appoint

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Appoint means to choose someone officially for a job or position. It can also mean to fix a time or place.

Synonyms: name, assign, nominate, designate

How do you spell appoint?

Syllables: ap - point

Tricky part: Appoint starts with a double p. Children often write apoint with one p.

Watch out for: apoint, apointt

Memory tip: Appoint begins like apple: an a and then a double p.

Appoint in a sentence

Example 1: The company will appoint a new manager next month.

Example 2: Our class appointed Neha as the monitor for the term.

Example 3: The new coach was appointed by the sports council in June.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Disappoint once meant to take away someone's job or post, the opposite of appoint. Today it means to let someone down.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

appoint

a) choose
b) dismiss
c) praise
d) invite

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b) dismiss. This word means to take away a person's job.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The principal will appiont a new prefect after the summer holidays.

a) holidays
b) appiont
c) principal
d) prefect

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b) appiont. In appiont the two vowels have swapped places.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) monitor
b) captain
c) leeder
d) appoint

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c) leeder. Leader has ea in the middle, as in read.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ntpopia

a) appotin
b) appoitn
c) appoint
d) apponit

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c) appoint. Seven letters: the word means to choose someone for a job.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs Rao was appointed head of the science club. What happened?

a) she has left the club
b) she now leads the club
c) she won a club prize
d) she lost a club game

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b) she now leads the club

2. Which of these could a school appoint?

a) a new sports coach
b) a rainy afternoon
c) a bigger playground
d) a summer holiday

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a) a new sports coach

Associated Words

Words that end in -int: blueprint, pint, complaint, disappoint, peppermint, quaint

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: assign, designate

More words from this list

care, damage, fantastic, honour, magic, pillow, treat, appeal

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