designate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin designatus, past participle of designare

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

[edit] Adjective

designate (not comparable)

Positive
designate

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Infinitive
to designate

Third person singular
designates

Simple past
designated

Past participle
designated

Present participle
designating

to 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.
  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.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

designate

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

[edit] Adjective

designate

  1. Feminine plural of designato

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