designate
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
designate (not comparable)
- Designated; appointed; chosen.
- (UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
designate (designates, present participle designating; past and past participle designated)
- To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
- to designate the boundaries of a country
- to designate the rioters who are to be arrested
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
- (mark out and make known) denote, describe, indicate, note
- (call by a distinctive title) denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
- (set apart for a purpose or duty) allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
- codesignative
- designation
- designative
- designatum
- French: désigner
- German: bestimmen, kennzeichnen, markieren, benennen, designieren, signieren, festlegen, vorsehen, ausweisen, ansetzen
- Portuguese: designar
- Russian: ука́зывать
- Spanish: designar, denominar
- German: designieren, nominieren, nennen, bezeichnen, benennen, ernennen
- Portuguese: designar
- Russian: называ́ть
- Spanish: designar
- German: vorsehen, bestimmen, ausersehen, designieren, einstufen, ausweisen
- Portuguese: designar
- Russian: назнача́ть
- Spanish: designar, titular
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