designate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
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to denote; indicate; signify.
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to name; entitle; style.
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to nominate or select for a duty, office, purpose, etc.; appoint; assign.
adjective
verb
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to indicate or specify
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to give a name to; style; entitle
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to select or name for an office or duty; appoint
adjective
Other Word Forms
- dedesignate verb (used with object)
- designative adjective
- designator noun
- designatory adjective
- nondesignate adjective
- nondesignative adjective
- redesignate verb (used with object)
- undesignated adjective
- undesignative adjective
- well-designated adjective
Etymology
Origin of designate
1640–50; < Latin dēsignātus, past participle of dēsignāre. See design, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Anthropic has been designated a supply-chain risk by the government, a move that the company says could cost it hundreds of millions of dollars in private deals.
The supreme leader is the Islamic Republic’s top political authority, head of the country’s armed forces and judiciary, and designated the highest authority for the world’s roughly 200 million Shia Muslims.
And then there are some activities, like busking, that are allowed only at designated spots, and aspiring performers must pass auditions judged by a panel from the National Arts Council.
From BBC
He is also designated as the pre-eminent authority for the world’s roughly 200 million Shia Muslims.
An uncritical viewing designates this as another “all’s well that ends well” gag.
From Salon
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