'Designate' definitions:
Definition of 'designate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Appointed but not yet installed in office
verb
Assign a name or title to [syn: designate, denominate]
verb
Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute, assign]
verb
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" [syn: indicate, point, designate, show]
verb
Decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate]
verb
Definition of 'Designate'
From: GCIDE
- Designate \Des"ig*nate\, a. [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t.] Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] --Sir G. Buck. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Designate'
From: GCIDE
- Designate \Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; as, to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
- Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'designate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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 down
Words containing 'Designate'
- Design,
- Design for,
- Designable,
- Designated,
- Designating,
- Designation,
- Designative,
- Designator,
- Designed,
- Designedly,
- Designer,
- Designful,
- Designfulness,
- Designing,
- Designment,
- by design,
- Arts of design,
- Grolier design,
- School of design,
- clothes designer,
- costume designer,
- design criteria,
- designated driver,
- designated hitter,
- designer drug,
- fashion designer,
- graphic design,
- graphic designer,
- interior design,
- interior designer,
- computer-aided design