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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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Designator
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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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| 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 | |
| 'designative | |
| —adj | |
| designatory | |
| —adj | |
| 'designator | |
| —n | |
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