designate
verb
1 designate
Assign a name or title to.
synonym: denominate.
Roget 566: express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice; arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; ... show more
2 designate
Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
synonyms: assign, delegate, depute.
Dutch: toewijzen, afvaardigen, delegeren, deputeren
3 designate
Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.
synonyms: indicate, point, show.
Roget 79: specify, particularize, individualize, realize, specialize, designate, determine; denote, indicate, point out, select. descend to particulars, enter into detail, go into detail, ... show more
Dutch: aanwijzen, wijzen
4 designate
Decree or designate beforehand.
synonyms: destine, doom, fate.
Dutch: aanwijzen, bestemmen, reserveren, toebedenken, toedenken, uittrekken
5 designate
adjective
1 designate
Appointed but not yet installed in office.
Moby 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 ... show more.
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