'Designation' definitions:
Definition of 'designation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others [syn: appellation, denomination, designation, appellative]
noun
The act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" [syn: appointment, assignment, designation, naming]
noun
The act of designating or identifying something [syn: designation, identification]
Definition of 'Designation'
From: GCIDE
- Designation \Des`ig*na"tion\, n. [L. designatio: cf. F. d['e]signation.]
- 1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. [1913 Webster]
- The usual designation of the days of the week. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. [1913 Webster]
- Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things which have parts. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'designation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Designation'
- Design,
- Design for,
- Designable,
- Designate,
- Designated,
- Designating,
- 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