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An example use of appoint in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… for instance your appoint your position …”
To appoint someone is to put them in charge of a position.
the word appoint occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that appoint can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
3) people, society, and culture;