designate
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.
PronunciationEdit
- (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛzɪɡ.nət/, /ˈdɛzɪɡ.neɪt/
- (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛzɪɡ.neɪt/
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AdjectiveEdit
designate (not comparable)
- Designated; appointed; chosen.
- (UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
- 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third
- King designate
- 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third
VerbEdit
designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)
- To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
- to designate the boundaries of a country
- to designate the rioters who are to be arrested
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- 1912, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine, Stratemeyer Syndicate:
- "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.
- 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.
SynonymsEdit
- (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
- (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
- (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
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to call by a distinctive title; to name
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to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
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Further readingEdit
- designate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
InterlinguaEdit
ParticipleEdit
designate
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
designate
- inflection of designare:
Etymology 2Edit
ParticipleEdit
designate f pl
AdjectiveEdit
designate f pl
ReferencesEdit
- ^ designo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
dēsignāte
ReferencesEdit
- “designate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette