designate
verbEtymology Borrowed from Latin dēsignātus, perfect passive participle of designō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of design.
1
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
2
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- "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.1912, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine, Stratemeyer Syndicate:
3
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.
- Derived terms
- designatable, designated driver, designated hitter, designator, designatory, designee, indesignate, nondesignating, predesignate, redesignate
- Related terms
- codesignative, designation, designative, designatum