appointive

Relating to or filled by appointment rather than election.

• 🇩🇪Bezieht sich auf ein Amt oder eine Stelle, die durch Ernennung und nicht durch Wahl besetzt wird.

1. Relating to appointment C1 formal

   Pertaining to the act of assigning someone to a position or role.

   • The committee discussed the appointive powers of the board.
   • Her role was purely appointive, not elected.
   • The appointive process requires approval from the director.

   🇩🇪Ernennung betreffend

   Synonyme: appointednominative

   Antonyme: elective

2. Subject to appointment C1 formal

   Describing a position or office that is filled by appointment rather than by election.

   • The position of treasurer is an appointive office.
   • Many judges hold appointive positions for life.
   • The council has several appointive seats for experts.

   🇩🇪Ernennungs-

   Synonyme: appointednon-elective

   Antonyme: elective

• more appointive comparative form
• most appointive superlative form