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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun designation has 3 senses

• designation(n = noun.communication) appellation, appellative, denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others; Array
is a kind of name
has particulars: street name, byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet, form of address, title, title of respect, title
Derived form verb designate₁

• designation(n = noun.act) appointment, assignment, naming - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
is a kind of conclusion, decision, determination
has particulars: nomination, co-optation, co-option, delegacy, ordinance, ordination, recognition
Derived form verb designate₂

• designation(n = noun.act) identification - the act of designating or identifying something; Array
is a kind of determination, finding
has particulars: diagnosing, diagnosis
Derived form verb designate₁

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THESAURUS

designation

allocation, appellation, appellative, appointment, assignment, attribution, baptism, binomen, binomial name, blood, brand, breed, byword, calling, cast, character, characterization, christening, clan, classification, cognomen, color, cryptonym, definition, denomination, denotation, description, determination, differentiation, disclosure, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym, expression, feather, fingering, fixing, form, genre, genus, grain, handle, hint, honorific, hyponym, identification, ilk, indication, indicativeness, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, lot, make, manifestation, manner, mark, meaning, mold, moniker, name, namesake, naming, nature, nicknaming, nomen, nomen nudum, nomination, number, ordainment, ordination, persuasion, phylum, picking out, pigeonhole, pigeonholing, pinning down, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, posting, precision, proper name, proper noun, proposal, race, recognition, scientific name, secret name, selection, shape, show, showing, signification, sort, species, specification, stamp, stipulation, strain, stripe, style, styling, suggestion, symptomaticness, tabbing, tag, tautonym, terming, the like of, the likes of, title, transferral, tribe, trinomen, trinomial name, type, variety

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designation

Nomenclature

N nomenclature, naming, nuncupation, nomination, baptism, orismology, onomatopoeia, antonomasia, name, appelation, appelative, designation, title, heading, rubric, caption, denomination, by-name, epithet, style, proper name, praenomen, agnomen, cognomen, patronymic, surname, cognomination, eponym, compellation, description, antonym, empty title, empty name, handle to one's name, namesake, term, expression, noun, byword, convertible terms, technical term, cant, named, hight, ycleped, known as, what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly, nuncupatory, nuncupative, cognominal, titular, nominal, orismological, beggar'd all description.

Class

N class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section, department, subdepartment, province, domain, kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset, assortment, feather, kidney, suit, range, gender, sex, kin, manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament, indication, particularization, selection, specification, similarity.

Commission

N commission, delegation, consignment, assignment, procuration, deputation, legation, mission, embassy, agency, agentship, power of attorney, clerkship, surrogacy, errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit, appointment, nomination, designation, return, charter, ordination, installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in, accession, coronation, enthronement, vicegerency, regency, regentship, viceroy, consignee, deputy, agent, delegate, consignee, commissioned, per procurationem.

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