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Definition: Appointive |
AppointiveAdjective1. Relating to the act of appointing; "appointive powers". 2. Subject to appointment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AppointiveSynonym: appointed (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: appointive position (mechanical engineering, transportation). |
| Antonym: elective (adj). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Discrimination | Belgium | With Dutch, French, and German as official languages, the country has a complex linguistic regime, including language requirements for various elective and appointive positions. (references) |
Economic History | Colombia | The presidency would be determined by regular elections every 4 years; the two parties would have parity in all other elective and appointive offices. (references) |
Political Economy | Trinidad and Tobago | Parliament elects a president, whose office is largely ceremonial but does have some appointive power. (references) |
Political Rights | Bulgaria | A number of women hold elective and appointive office at high levels in the new Government, including one Deputy Prime Minister (who also is Minister of Labor and Social Policy), the Minister of Environment and Water Resources, and ten deputy ministers. (references) |
Czech Republic | The 1991 Lustration (vetting) Law, continued to bar many former Communist Party officials, members of the People's Militia and suspected secret police collaborators from holding a wide range of elective and appointive offices, including senior appointive positions in the Government state-owned companies, academia, and the media. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "appointive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | Anstellung (employment, function, job, office, position, post, tenure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | διωρισμένοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 任命権 (appointive power). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | に"めいけ" (appointive power). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | appointiveay занимаемый по назначению. (various references) bổ nhiệm có quyền bổ nhiệm, được bổ nhiệm (appointed, appointment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Appointive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appointier, Appolinaire. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "appointive" (pronounced upoy"ntiv) |
| 4 | -n t i v | attentive, disincentive, inattentive, incentive, inventive, plaintive, preventive, substantive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-n-o-p-p-t-v" | |
-2 letters: antipope. | |
-3 letters: appoint, epinaoi. | |
-4 letters: invite, nappie, native, opiate, pantie, patine, petnap, pineta, pinite, pointe, potpie, teopan, tiepin. | |
-5 letters: atone, avion, entia, envoi, inapt, inept, naevi, naive, nappe, netop, novae, oaten, opine, ovate, ovine, paeon, paint, panto, paten, patin, patio, pavin, piano, pieta, pinot, pinta, pinto, pipet, pipit, piton, pivot, point, tenia, tinea, vitae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-n-o-p-p-t-v" | |
+5 letters: overapplication. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 70 6F 69 6E 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. .--. --- .. -. - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01110000 01101111 01101001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p p o i n t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0070 006F 0069 006E 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35828281758086758871 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | "ερμανός, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , немецкий, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", греческий, грек, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", вьетнамский, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, английский |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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