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des⋅ig⋅nate

  [v. dez-ig-neyt; adj. dez-ig-nit, -neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing, adjective
Use designate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
2. to denote; indicate; signify.
3. to name; entitle; style.
4. to nominate or select for a duty, office, purpose, etc.; appoint; assign.
–adjective
5. named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed (often used in combination following the noun it modifies): ambassador-designate.
Origin:
1640–50; < L dēsignātus, ptp. of dēsignāre. See design, -ate 1

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
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des·ig·nate   (děz'ĭg-nāt')   
tr.v.   des·ig·nat·ed, des·ig·nat·ing, des·ig·nates
  1. To indicate or specify; point out.
  2. To give a name or title to; characterize.
  3. To select and set aside for a duty, an office, or a purpose. See Synonyms at allocate, appoint.
adj.   (-nĭt)
Appointed but not yet installed in office: the commissioner designate.

[Latin dēsignāre, dēsignāt- : dē-, de- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots).]
des'ig·na'tive, des'ig·na·to'ry (-nə-tôr'ē) adj., des'ig·na'tor n.
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Designate

Des"ig*nate\, a. [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t.] Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] --Sir G. Buck.

Designate

Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating.]

1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.

2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.

3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : designate
Spanish: designar, nombrar,
German: bezeichnen,
Japanese: ～と呼ぶ
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