designate
verb (used with object)
to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
designator
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a word derived from
designate.
Example Sentences
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The upgrade also means U.S. airlines can resume marketing and selling tickets with their names and designator codes on Mexican-operated flights.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
However, “the inventor of relativity theory” is a descriptive designator.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
The airport’s Federal Aviation Administration designator remains LAS, but the FAA began listing the Reid name on aviation charts in June.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
The blog said that the test took place around July 15, that the missile’s speed was 4 kilometers per second and that it is known by its Russian designator as the 53T6M.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2018
At the head of Roman funerals, came the tibicines, pipers, and trumpeters, immediately following the designator, or undertaker, and the lictors, dressed in black.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
