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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb designate has 5 senses
- designate(v = verb.communication) denominate - assign a name or title to; Array Derived forms noun designation3, noun designation1, adjective designative1
- designate(v = verb.social) assign, delegate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person); Array is one way to appoint, charge
- designate(v = verb.communication) indicate, point, show - 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" is one way to inform
- designate(v = verb.communication) destine, doom, fate - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" is one way to ordain
- designate(v = verb.cognition) destine, intend, specify - design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" is one way to plan
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derived form noun designation2
Sample sentence:
They designate him to write the letter
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Adjective designate has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
designate, v. & adj.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by as) appoint to an office or function (designated him as postmaster general; designated his own successor).
2 specify or particularize (receives guests at designated times).
3 (often foll. by as) describe as; entitle, style.
4 serve as the name or distinctive mark of (English uses French words to designate ballet steps).
--adj. (placed after noun) appointed to an office but not yet installed (bishop designate).
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by as) appoint to an office or function (designated him as postmaster general; designated his own successor).
2 specify or particularize (receives guests at designated times).
3 (often foll. by as) describe as; entitle, style.
4 serve as the name or distinctive mark of (English uses French words to designate ballet steps).
--adj. (placed after noun) appointed to an office but not yet installed (bishop designate).
Derivative
designator n.
Etymology
L designare, past part. designatus (as DE-, signare f. signum mark)
THESAURUS
designate
advert to, allocate, allot, allude to, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, baptize, be taken as, call, choose, christen, define, delegate, delineate, denominate, denote, depute, determine, dictate, dub, earmark, elect, emblematize, entitle, figure, finger, fix, identify, indicate, label, make, mark, mean, mention, mete out, name, name for office, nickname, nominate, opt, ordain, ordinate, particularize, pick, pick out, pin down, pinpoint, point at, point out, point to, propose, put down, put up, refer to, represent, reserve, run, run for office, select, set, set forth, signify, single, specialize, specify, stand for, state, stigmatize, stipulate, style, submit, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, tap, term, title, typify, write downROGET THESAURUS
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Phrase
VB express, phrase, word, word it, give words to, give expression to, voice, arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words, couch in terms, find words to express, speak by the card, call, denominate, designate, dub.Speciality
VB specify, particularize, individualize, realize, specialize, designate, determine, denote, indicate, point out, select, descend to particulars, enter into detail, go into detail, come to the point.
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