Definitions for designate
ˈdɛz ɪgˌneɪt; -nɪt, -ˌneɪtdes·ig·nate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. designate(ip)verb

   appointed but not yet installed in office

2. designate, denominateverb

   assign a name or title to

3. delegate, designate, depute, assignverb

   give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

4. indicate, point, designate, showverb

   indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

   "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"

5. destine, fate, doom, designateverb

   decree or designate beforehand

   "She was destined to become a great pianist"

6. intend, destine, designate, specifyverb

   design or destine

   "She was intended to become the director"

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1. designateverb

   To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.

2. designateverb

   To call by a distinctive title; to name.

3. designateverb

   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.

4. designateadjective

   Designated; appointed; chosen.

5. Etymology: designatus, past participle of designare

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1. designate

   Designation (from Latin designatio) is the process of determining an incumbent's successor. A candidate that won an election for example, is the designated holder of the office the candidate has been elected to, up until the candidate's inauguration. Titles typically held by such persons include, amongst others, "President-elect", and "Prime Minister-designate".

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1. designate

   Designate generally refers to the act of officially choosing or appointing someone for a specific role, position, or making reference to a specific thing, typically in a formal context. It can also mean to signify or specify something, or assign a name or title to something.

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1. Designateverb

   designated; appointed; chosen

2. Designateverb

   to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested

3. Designateverb

   to call by a distinctive title; to name

4. Designateverb

   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

5. Etymology: [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t.]

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1. Designate

   Under the Colombian Constitution of 1886 the Designate was a person—a member of the Senate or member of the Cabinet—selected to act as President when the incumbent was dead, ill or otherwise unable to discharge the duties of office. The Designate was elected by the Senate at the beginning of each Legislature. The Designate could be indefinitely reelected during only one Presidency. The concept of the Designate survived until the Colombian Constitution of 1991, when the office of Vice President reappeared.

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1. designate

   To create, design or assign for a specific purpose.

   The driver designate was the person who chose to drink coffee for the night out.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Appoint
   • Inform
   • Ordain
   • Plan

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'designate' in Verbs Frequency: #1042

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce designate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say designate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of designate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of designate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of designate in a Sentence

1. Mahamat Idriss:

   It is not up to the transitional military council to designate a prime minister in this isolated manner. We want there to be talks between political parties, civil society and other actors in order to reach a consensus.

2. Nabih Berri:

   Why this blockage? The answer certainly lies with the president and prime minister-designate, god willing, the French President Emmanuel Macron will be able to do something in his coming visit. We can only wait.

3. Ragan Whitlock:

   Not only has that list of places changed a lot in the last 45 years, as the environment changes, what it means to designate critical habitat has changed, in 1978, two years after those original designations, Endangered Species Act was amended. Now, all critical habitat designations require that Wildlife Service identifies physical and biological features that are essential to the preservation of the species.

4. Adam Smith:

   I also strongly believe it is critically important that Secretary-designate Austin be confirmed as quickly as possible after President-elect Biden becomes President on January 20th.

5. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

   Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac); and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as nymphets.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=designate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Designate
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/designate
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=designate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=designate