Designate

Adjective

 * 1) Designated; appointed; chosen.

Verb

 * 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.
 * 2) To call by a distinctive title; to name.
 * 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.

Synonyms

 * name
 * denominate
 * style
 * entitle
 * characterize
 * describe

Derived terms

 * designated driver
 * designated hitter

Related terms

 * codesignative
 * designation
 * designative
 * designatum

Adverbs for Designate
incriminatingly; innocently; erroneously; euphoniously; strictly; specifically; appropriately; felicitously; aptly; fittingly; properly; correctly.

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

Pronunciation

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