- 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
Designated Groups Designated Groups- identifiable groups deemed to need special attention with respect to their degree of use or equitable employment in organization...