designation
Americannoun
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an act of designating.
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the fact of being designated.
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something that designates; a distinctive name or title; appellation.
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nomination, appointment, or election to an office, position, etc..
His designation as treasurer has been confirmed.
noun
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something that designates, such as a name or distinctive mark
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the act of designating or the fact of being designated
Other Word Forms
- dedesignation noun
- redesignation noun
Etymology
Origin of designation
1350–1400; Middle English designacioun < Latin dēsignātiōn- (stem of dēsignātiō ) a marking out, equivalent to dēsignāt ( us ) ( designate ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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A State Department spokesperson told AFP that both organizations pose "significant threats to regional security," but that advance notice was not given on such designations.
From Barron's
Details are not clear around player housing, league prioritization and core designation salaries after they became touch points of negotiations during the past eight months.
From Los Angeles Times
Those judges said the Supreme Court’s earlier orders orders “involved a TPS designation of a different country, with different factual circumstances, and different grounds for resolution by the district court.”
From Los Angeles Times
The UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of only 57 cancer centers in the United States to receive the National Cancer Center's "comprehensive" designation, recognizing excellence in patient care and advanced cancer research.
From Science Daily
The designation bars Anthropic’s models being used in military contracts—and, depending on how broadly it is interpreted, the designation could threaten the company’s growth or even its survival.
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