designate

English

Etymology

Latin designatus, past participle of designare

Pronunciation

• (adjective) (RP) IPA: /ˈdɛzɪɡ.nət/ or IPA: /ˈdɛzɪɡ.neɪt/
• (verb) (RP) IPA: /ˈdɛzɪɡ.neɪt/

Adjective

designate (not comparable)

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

Verb

designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)

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.
   • 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1

     "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.

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.

Synonyms

• name
• denominate
• style
• entitle
• characterize
• describe

Derived terms

• designated driver
• designated hitter

Related terms

• codesignative
• designation
• designative
• designatum

Translations

to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate

Bulgarian: означавам (bg), обозначавам (bg) Czech: označit (cs), vymezit (cs) Finnish: nimittää (fi), valita (fi), merkitä (fi), määrittää (fi), osoittaa (fi) German: bestimmen (de), kennzeichnen (de), markieren (de), benennen (de), designieren (de), signieren (de)

Japanese: 示す (ja) (しめす, shimesu) Luxembourgish: designéieren (lb) Romanian: desemna (ro), indica (ro), designa (ro) Russian: указывать (ru)

to call by a distinctive title; to name

Bulgarian: назначавам (bg), именувам (bg) Czech: označit (cs) Finnish: nimittää (fi) German: designieren (de), nominieren (de), nennen (de)

Japanese: 称する (ja) (しょうする, shōsuru) Romanian: desemna (ro), numi (ro), denumi (ro) Russian: называть (ru), именовать (ru)

to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty

Bulgarian: определям (bg), предназначавам (bg) Czech: ustanovit (cs), jmenovat (cs) Finnish: nimittää (fi), nimetä (fi), korvamerkitä (fi) German: vorsehen (de), bestimmen (de), ausersehen (de), designieren (de)

Japanese: 指定する (ja) (していする, shiteisuru) Latin: addīcō (la) Romanian: desemna (ro) Russian: назначать (ru)

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Lithuanian: nurodyti, parodyti, pavadinti, paskirti (eiti pareigas, tarnybai)

External links

• designate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Interlingua

Participle

designate

1. past participle of designar

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Italian

Verb

designate

1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of designare
2. Feminine plural of designato

Adjective

designate

1. Feminine plural of designato

Anagrams

• disegnate
• sdegniate

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Latin

Verb

dēsignāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēsignō