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選任する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Formal term for choosing and appointing a person to a specific role or position, often in business, legal, or organizational settings.

〈人ひと〉を〈役やく職しょく〉に選せん任にんするto appoint someone to a position
株かぶ主ぬし総そう会かいで彼かれを新あたらしい取とり締しまり役やくに選せん任にんした。
At the shareholders' meeting, they appointed him as the new director.
〈人ひと〉が〈役やく職しょく〉に選せん任にんされるto be appointed to a position
彼かの女じょは委い員いん長ちょうに選せん任にんされた。
She was appointed as the committee chair.

任にん命めいN1
任命 is the general word for appointing someone to a post, while 選任 stresses that the person was chosen from among candidates before being appointed.
選せん出しゅつN1
選出 focuses on the act of electing or picking someone (often by vote), whereas 選任 covers the formal appointment that follows the selection.
指し名めいN1
指名 means to designate or name a specific person for a role without necessarily implying a formal selection process, while 選任 implies a more official, often collective, decision.
人じん選せん
選任 is the formal act of appointing someone to an official post, while 人選 refers more broadly to the process of deciding who is suitable.

解かい任にん
解任 means to dismiss or remove someone from a post, the direct opposite of 選任, which means to appoint someone to it.

専せん任にん
専任 (same pronunciation) means being assigned to a job exclusively/full-time, while 選任 means the act of selecting and appointing a person to a role.
選せん定ていN1
選定 refers to selecting or deciding on a thing (like a plan or material), whereas 選任 specifically refers to selecting and appointing a person.

Compound of 選 (select) and 任 (entrust, appoint). The combination directly conveys the meaning of selecting and entrusting a role to someone.