Meaning of DESIGNATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'dezignit, [v]'dezig`neyt, 'dezig`neyt
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- [v] design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
- [v] decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
- [v] assign a name or title to
- [v] give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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| | Synonyms: | | assign, delegate, denominate, depute, destine, destine, doom, fate, intend, specify |
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| | See Also: | | advance, aim, appoint, break, bump, calculate, cast, charge, demote, denote, design, devolve, direct, elevate, kick downstairs, kick upstairs, label, mandate, mean, number, ordain, place, plan, post, promote, raise, reassign, regiment, relegate, slate, task, transfer, upgrade | |
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\Des"ig*nate\, a. [L. designatus, p. p. of designare.
See {Design}, v. t.]
Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] --Sir G. Buck.
\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.
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| | Related Terms: | | advert to, allocate, allot, allude to, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, baptize, be taken as, call, choose, christen, define, delegate, delineate, denominate, denote, depute, determine, dictate, dub, earmark, elect, emblematize, entitle, figure, finger, fix, identify, indicate, label, make, mark, mean, mention, mete out, name, name for office, nickname, nominate, opt, ordain, ordinate, particularize, pick, pick out, pin down, pinpoint, point at, point out, point to, propose, put down, put up, refer to, represent, reserve, run, run for office, select, set, set forth, signify, single, specialize, specify, stand for, state, stigmatize, stipulate, style, submit, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, tap, term, title, typify, write down |
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