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designate
[ verb dez-ig-neyt; adjective dez-ig-nit, -neyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- to denote; indicate; signify.
- to name; entitle; style.
- to nominate or select for a duty, office, purpose, etc.; appoint; assign.
adjective
- named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed (often used in combination following the noun it modifies):
ambassador-designate.
designate
/ ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪtrɪ /
verb
- to indicate or specify
- to give a name to; style; entitle
- to select or name for an office or duty; appoint
adjective
- immediately postpositive appointed, but not yet in office
a minister designate
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Derived Forms
- ˈdesigˌnator, noun
- ˈdesigˌnative, adjective
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Other Words From
- desig·native des·ig·na·to·ry [dez, -ig-n, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, dez-ig-, ney, -t, uh, -ree], adjective
- desig·nator noun
- de·desig·nate verb (used with object) dedesignated dedesignating
- non·desig·nate adjective
- non·desig·native adjective
- re·desig·nate verb (used with object) redesignated redesignating
- un·desig·nated adjective
- un·desig·native adjective
- well-desig·nated adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of designate1
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Example Sentences
Lo thinks the local government should designate one or two protest sites and leave the demonstrators alone.
Under the law government branches other than the defense ministry would have the power to designate information as state secrets.
It was the first time in history that the Senate had sustained a filibuster against a cabinet secretary-designate.
The president alone should not be able to designate a U.S. person as an enemy combatant and then order operatives to kill him.
"Secretary-Designate Hagel is focused on the work he's got to do," the Democratic official said.
In marking the public lands of the western territories by statute monuments must designate the corners of the tract.
It may also be used to designate simply a clever man, who is neither very good nor very wicked.
But could any dependent being fully designate its glorious origin, and infinite Surety?
Mme. Falcon has given, in the provinces, her name to designate tragic "sopranos."
The religious partisans generally designate the incredulous as libertines.
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