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Meaning of 'designate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Designate [ v. t.]
- Designated; appointed; chosen.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'designate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . designate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
Example in sentence:
  • he indicated his opponents;
  • He pointed to the empty parking space;
  • I showed the customer the glove section
Meaning (2):
- decree or designate beforehand
Example in sentence:
  • She was destined to become a great pianist
Meaning (3):
- design or destine
Example in sentence:
  • She was intended to become the director

Nearby Words:

descant descanted descanter descanting descend descendant descended descendent descender descendibility

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