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designate

[v. dez-ig-neyt; adj. dez-ig-nit, -neyt]

Example Sentences Origin

verb (used with object)

to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.

to denote; indicate; signify.

to name; entitle; style.

to nominate or select for a duty, office, purpose, etc.; appoint; assign.

adjective

named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed (often used in combination following the noun it modifies): ambassador-designate.

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Origin:
1640–50; < Latin dēsignātus, past participle of dēsignāre. See design, -ate¹

Related forms

des·ig·na·tive, des·ig·na·to·ry

[dez-ig-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, dez-ig-ney-tuh-ree] , adjective

des·ig·na·tor, noun

des·ig·nee, noun

de·des·ig·nate, verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

non·des·ig·nate, adjective

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non·des·ig·na·tive, adjective

re·des·ig·nate, verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

un·des·ig·nat·ed, adjective

un·des·ig·na·tive, adjective

well-des·ig·nat·ed, adjective

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Example Sentences

Another is to designate specific lots of shares to be sold, usually those that cost the most.

Designate a specific list or notebook for keeping track of these small tasks as you identify them.

In their letter, principals may designate a teacher in the school to be the recipient of the contest materials.

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Another is to designate specific lots of shares to be sold, usually those that cost the most.

Designate a specific list or notebook for keeping track of these small tasks as you identify them.

In their letter, principals may designate a teacher in the school to be the recipient of the contest materials.

Designate that direction as x-axis, which is perpendicular to the y-axis.

Designate an out-of-town emergency contact-long-distance calls may be easier to make than local ones.

Then, with a few mouse strokes, you designate a part of their body to touch and a move to put on them.

It was a departure from precedent to designate a woman for such high office.

His point, of course, is that cultures-musical and non-musical-decide what to designate as a disability.

Designate two more students to play the role of wind and give them the fans.

Designate a z-axis that is perpendicular to both x and y axes.

Changes in details designate functions for each space.

Bettors designate nonprofits to receive the proceeds.

Fifth, help your parents discard or recycle as much of their belongings as possible and designate recipients for the rest.

The darker colors within the oil designate the areas of the thickest crude oil.

Gauthier is a coauthor for all three, and they designate clades with different known contents.

Designate important, heavily used corridors for high speed rail system.

It's interesting to me that some schools designate a particular grading scale.

The tradition has the youngest person climb under the table and designate who receives each piece.

The final creation belongs to its maker, who can designate whether it should be copy-protected or freely duplicable.

Basically you can designate a folder on each computer and ensure that they always mirror each other.

It also allows people to designate a panic finger, for use if fraudsters are forcing customers to use the device.

Bloomberg, who has the power to designate the days off yet said he was resolutely opposed.

Unlike geospatial techniques that designate a central point from which a search radiates equally.

Landau, the commission's vice chairwoman, said in the official motion to designate the estate.

Timezones are useful because it is always the same time for everyone but the local area does affect how people designate time.

In any case, colleagues who designate proxies should do more than identify those people by name in an e-mail before meetings.

The faculty author can designate which fund the money gets.

The basic tension of the name is that it simultaneously does and does not designate the unique individual.

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World English Dictionary

designate

—vb
1.	to indicate or specify
2.	to give a name to; style; entitle
3.	to select or name for an office or duty; appoint

—*adj*
4.	(immediately postpositive) appointed, but not yet in office: a minister designate

[C15: from Latin dēsignātus marked out, defined; see design]

'designative

—*adj*

designatory

—*adj*

'designator

—n

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Word Origin & History

designate

1640s, from L. designatus, pp. of designare (see design).

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