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verb
- 1. appoint (someone) to a specified office or post: "he was designated as prime minister" Similar
adjective
- 1. appointed to an office or post but not yet installed: "the Director designate"
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DESIGNATE definition: 1. to choose someone officially to do a particular job: 2. to say officially that a place or thing…. Learn more.
The meaning of DESIGNATE is to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty. How to use designate in a sentence.
Designate definition: to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.. See examples of DESIGNATE used in a sentence.
1. to indicate or specify. 2. to give a name to; style; entitle. 3. to select or name for an office or duty; appoint. adj. ( immediately postpositive) appointed, but not yet in office: a minister designate. [C15: from Latin dēsignātus marked out, defined; see design] ˈdesigˌnative, designatory adj. ˈdesigˌnator n.
When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.
To give a person or thing an official status is to designate it as something, like when you designate a meeting place if members of your group get lost at the amusement park. Sometimes, it can carry responsibility or an assignment, like when your teammates designate you as the captain.
Definition of designate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DESIGNATE definition: to choose someone or something for a particular purpose or duty: . Learn more.
DESIGNATE meaning: 1. to choose someone officially to do a particular job: 2. to say officially that a place or thing…. Learn more.
Definitions of 'designate'. 1. When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name. [...] 2. If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose. [...] 3.
