designation

English

Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛzɪgˈneɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /dEzIg"neIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

designation (plural designations)

1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

Translations

indication

selection and appointment for a purpose, allotment

• Finnish: nimittäminen (fi)

distinguishing mark or name

• Danish: betegnelse (da), benævnelse (da)
• Dutch: benaming (nl)
• Finnish: nimitys (fi), titteli (fi)
• French: appellation (fr) f
• German: Benennung (de) f

• Icelandic: heiti (is)
• Norwegian: benevning (no), nemning (no)
• Polish: oznaczenie (pl) n
• Spanish: designación (es) f
• Swedish: benämning (sv) c, beteckning (sv) c

use or application

External links

• designation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913