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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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DESIGNATE definition: 1. to choose someone officially to do a particular job: 2. to say officially that a place or thing…. Learn more.
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.
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.
to choose or name somebody for a particular job or position. designate somebody/something The director is allowed to designate his/her successor. designate somebody (as) something Who has she designated (as) her deputy? designate somebody to do something the man designated to succeed the president. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.
Designate definition: to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.. See examples of DESIGNATE used in a sentence.
1. To indicate or specify; point out: a fence that designates the property boundary. 2. To give a name or title to; characterize: The 1920s have been designated as the "Roaring Twenties." 3. To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose: designated a delegate to represent our department; designated funds for the project.
Definitions of 'designate'. 1. When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name. [...] 2. If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose. [...] 3.
What does the verb designate mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb designate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the verb designate? About 20 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the verb designate pronounced?
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.
