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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.
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Designated
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Related forms
des·ig·na·tor, noun
de·des·ig·nate, verb (used with object), de·des·ig·nat·ed, de·des·ig·nat·ing.
non·des·ig·nate, adjective
non·des·ig·na·tive, adjective
EXPANDre·des·ig·nate, verb (used with object), re·des·ig·nat·ed, re·des·ig·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
- Send commodities chugging across the continent by clicking the designated destination on the map.
- Two had been designated for trial before special military commissions.
- National parks and other protected areas were designated without thought to climate change.
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Word Origin & History
designated
pp. adj. from designate. Designated hitter introduced in American League baseball in 1973, soon giving wide figurative extension to designated, e.g. designated driver, by 1986.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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