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verb
- 1. appoint (someone) to a specified office or post: "he was designated as prime minister" Similar
adjective
- 1. appointed to an office or post but not yet installed: "the Director designate"
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DESIGNATE definition: 1. to choose someone officially to do a particular job: 2. to say officially that a place or thing…. Learn more.
The meaning of DESIGNATE is to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty. How to use designate in a sentence.
1. To indicate or specify; point out: a fence that designates the property boundary. 2. To give a name or title to; characterize: The 1920s have been designated as the "Roaring Twenties." 3. To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose: designated a delegate to represent our department; designated funds for the project.
When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.
Designate definition: to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.. See examples of DESIGNATE used in a sentence.
Definition of designate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To give a person or thing an official status is to designate it as something, like when you designate a meeting place if members of your group get lost at the amusement park. Sometimes, it can carry responsibility or an assignment, like when your teammates designate you as the captain.
