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Hi.

I guess the sentence:

"He was appointed to a new post in Abadan"


is wrong, isn't it?

I haven't seen "appoint" colocating with "to".Even Cambridge Advanced Learner's dictionary gives no such example:

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appoint
verb
1.( CHOOSE ) /əˈpɔɪnt/

Definition
[T] to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
We've appointed three new teachers this year.
He's just been appointed (as) director of the publishing division.
[+ to infinitive] A commission has just been appointed to investigate fraud claims.
2.appoint
verb ( ARRANGE ) /əˈpɔɪnt/

Definition
[T usually passive] formal to arrange a date or time when a meeting or other event will happen
A date has been appointed for the election.
(Definition of appoint verb (ARRANGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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Thank you.Yes, this is what OADL says:

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 appoint VERB
əˈpɔɪnt əˈpɔɪnt

1
to choose somebody for a job or position of responsibility
appoint somebody They have appointed a new head teacher at my son's school.
appoint somebody to something She has recently been appointed to the committee.
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]appoint somebody + noun| [/COLOR]appoint somebody as something They appointed him (as) captain of the English team.
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]appoint somebody to do something[/COLOR] A lawyer was appointed to represent the child.
2 [usually passive] appoint something (formal)
to arrange or decide on a time or place for doing something
A date for the meeting is still to be appointed.
Everyone was assembled at the appointed time.

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