Designate Definition

dĕzĭg-nāt
designated, designates, designating
verb
designated, designates, designating
To point out; mark out; indicate; specify.
Webster's New World
To refer to by a distinguishing name, title, etc.; name.
Webster's New World
To name for an office or duty; appoint.
Webster's New World

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.

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adjective
Named for an office, etc. but not yet in it.
Ambassador designate.
Webster's New World

Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Other Word Forms of Designate

Noun

Singular:
designate
Plural:
designates

Origin of Designate

  • Latin dēsignāre dēsignāt- dē- de- signāre to mark (from signum sign sekw-1 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin designatus, past participle of designare

    From Wiktionary

Designate Sentence Examples

  • After the word Asia had acquired its larger sense, it was still specially used by the Greeks to designate the country around Ephesus.

  • These items can end up everywhere in a house if you don't designate a spot for it.

  • Confederate officers wore insignias on their collars to designate rank.

  • The judges designate one of their number to preside as chief justice.

  • Play some music, and designate someone to hold a limbo stick for kids to walk under.

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Words Starting With

DDEDES

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With E

Starts With D & Ends With EStarts With DE & Ends With EStarts With D & Ends With TE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With D9 Letter Words Ending With E