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verb
- 1. appoint (someone) to a specified office or post: "he was designated as prime minister" Similar
adjective
- 1. appointed to an office or post but not yet installed: "the Director designate"
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1. : to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty. designate a group to prepare a plan. 2. a. : to point out the location of. a marker designating the battle. b. : to distinguish as to class (see class entry 1 sense 3) the area we designate as that of spiritual values J. B. Conant. c. : specify, stipulate.
DESIGNATE definition: 1. to choose someone officially to do a particular job: 2. to say officially that a place or thing…. Learn more.
To give a person or thing an official status is to designate it as something, like when you designate a meeting place if members of your group get lost at the amusement park. Sometimes, it can carry responsibility or an assignment, like when your teammates designate you as the captain.
When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.
Definition of designate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. ( immediately postpositive) appointed, but not yet in office: a minister designate. [C15: from Latin dēsignātus marked out, defined; see design] ˈdesigˌnative, designatory adj. ˈdesigˌnator n.
Designate definition: to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.. See examples of DESIGNATE used in a sentence.
DESIGNATE definition: to choose someone or something for a particular purpose or duty: . Learn more.
Jun 2, 2024 · designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated) To mark out and make known; to point out ; to indicate ; to show ; to distinguish by marks or description
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. Named for an office, etc. but not yet in it. Ambassador designate. Designated; appointed; chosen.
