designation
noun
an act of designating.
designations
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pluralof designation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Before you do that, an estate-planning attorney should review all of your existing trust and beneficiary designations before making changes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that sanctions and trade-limiting entity-list designations are on the table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
But as I have noted, the designations are very peculiar.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
It may be that the number of beneficiary designations and transfer-on-death deeds preempted an official probate process.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Lyell originally intended to employ "–synchronous" for his endings, giving us such crunchy designations as Meiosynchronous and Pleiosynchronous.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
