Designate

Definitions: Designate

Designate

Adjective

1. Appointed but not yet installed in office.

Verb

1. Assign a designation to.

2. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).

3. Decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist".

4. Design or destine; "She was intended to become the director".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "designate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Language

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Designate

Nomenclature

Verb: name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle, clepe, dub, christen, baptize, characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of; label; (mark).

Phrase

Verb: 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; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub.

Speciality

Verb: specify, particularize, individualize, realize, specialize, designate, determine; denote, indicate, point out, select.

Crosswords: Designate

Then I'll designate someone else. (The Last Seduction; writing credit: Steve Barancik)

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Books

• Alaska Peninsula Wilderness Designation Act of 1993 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on H.R. 1688, to designate wi (reference)

• Anticipated nomination of Roger C. Altman : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on the anticipated nomination of Roger C. Altman, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Designate, January 13, (reference)

• California Desert lands : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands of the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on H.R. 518 to designate certain lands in th (reference)

• Designate lands in North Carolina as wilderness : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, on H.R. 5388, West (reference)

• Die Sprache französischer Schüler : Schulspezifische Designate und ihre Bezeichnung (reference)

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There are four growth stages, or instars, in the development of the Culex mosquito larva. "Instar" is a term used to designate a stage in the metamorphosis experienced by insect nymphs or larvae.Credit: CDC.

[Assistant Secretary of Health Designate, Dr. Edward N. Brandt, Jr. tours the new ACRF].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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The small superior figures preceding the paragraphs designate Clauses, and were not in the original and have no reference to footnotes. (reference)

"That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." (Abraham Lincoln)

Upon the application of the Governing Body, the Secretary-General of the League of Nations shall nominate three persons one from each section of this panel, to constitute the Commission of Enquiry, and shall designate one of them as the President of the Commission. (reference)

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And, with his finger, he seemed to designate a point above his head, where, you would have said, he saw some one.

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Health

Primary care physicians should educate themselves about sickle cell diseases and about the availability of consultation and support services in their local area. In rural areas, health departments should designate health professionals who can assist in resource identification and network linkage. (references)

Business

The investor can then designate an architect to do the design. (references)

Every work unit must designate a health and safety officer, and the ILO has established a training program for these officials. (references)

Children

Egypt

By law all businesses must designate 5 percent of their jobs for persons with disabilities, who are exempt from normal literacy requirements. (references)

Civil Liberties

Vietnam

The Government does not designate religion on individual passports, although citizens' "family books," which are household identification books, list religious affiliation. (references)

Germany

Persons coming directly from any country which officials designate as a "safe country of origin" cannot claim asylum in Germany, and individuals whose applications are rejected on these grounds have up to 2 weeks to appeal the decision. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

In October 2001, President Bush announced his intention to designate Bahrain as a major non-NATO ally. (references)

France

These allow member countries to designate portions of their customs territory as free trade zones and free warehouses. (references)

Brazil

Also, the manufacturer must provide technical assistance in Brazil or designate a local representative to provide the service. (references)

Human Rights

Bulgaria

In particular, local administrations have been slow even to designate a place where APIA requests can be submitted. (references)

Pakistan

There were at least two high profile killings during 2000. In January 2000, unknown assailants killed the chief justice designate of the Baluchistan High Court; it is likely that the killing was a personal vendetta. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

In February 2000, Papuan community and tribal leaders organized a "great consultation" of Papuan leaders to set an agenda for self-government and designate a Papuan Presidium Council to speak on behalf of Papuans. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

The regulations require member states to designate competent bodies to assess applications for the eco-label based on these criteria. (references)

France

European Union laws and regulations provide that member states may designate parts of the customs territory of the Community as free trade zones and free warehouses. (references)

Worker Rights

Oman

While the law does not designate the number of days in a workweek, it requires at least one 24-hour rest period per week and mandates overtime pay for hours in excess of 48 per week. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "designate": chairman-designate, director-designate, minister-designate.

Albanian

tregoj (argue, bear, bespeak, betoken, bring out, connotate, connote, denote, direct, display, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, express oneself, extend, finger, give away, indicate, infer, make out, manifest, narrate, note, point out, present, proclaim, produce, profess, prove, read, recite, relate, show, show round, spiel, spin out, tell, tell tales, yield), paracaktoj (destine, foreordain, mean, ordain, order, prearrange, predestine, predetermine, pre-establish, reserve, tab, will), përcaktoj (article, ascertain, assign, condition, define, design, destine, determine, elect, evaluate, stipulate), emërtoj (denominate), caktoj (allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate, arrange, assign, award, call, constitute, detail, fix, instal, install, instate, intend, lay on, make, mete, name, nominate, order, put, qualify, set, tell off, zone). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لقب (agnomen, appellation, call, cognomen, denomination, designation, dub, entitle, epithet, nickname, pet name, sobriquet, soubriquet, style, surname, title), ‏سمى (denominate, name, nominate, style, term, title), ‏عين (allocate, appoint, assign, assist, constitute, create, define, delimit, eye, install, institute, make, name, ordain, peeper, poach, post, prefix, put, rescue, set smb. on smb., specify, state, succor, succour, supply, tap), ‏صنف (article, assort, brand, categorize, category, class, classification, classify, compile, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, kind, label, pigeonhole, place, rank, rate, sort, species, stow, systematize, table, tabulate, type), ‏خصص (allocate, allow, appropriate, assign, consign, destine, detail, devote, earmark, give, particularize, spare, specify), ‏إختار لمنصبه, ‏أشار (advert, allude, beckon, beckon in, connote, denote, indicate, mark, mark out, mention, motion, point, point at, point out, read, record, refer, reference, show, sign, signalize, suggest), ‏رمز (allegory, attribute, character, code, denote, emblem, ensign, figure, icon, image, indication, sign, stand for, symbol, symbolize, telltale, token, type, typify), ‏دل (announce, betoken, bode, denote, indicate, infer, proclaim, promise, read, signify, speak). (various references)

Bulgarian 

титулувам (style, title), озаглавявам (entitle, head, intitule, title), обозначавам (denote, letter), назначавам (constitute, institute, make, name, nominate, place, prefer, put in, set), предназначавам (assign, design, destine, intend, mean, mete out, reserve), посочвам (indicate, point, point at, point out, show, state). (various references)

Chinese 

指定 (Designation, specified, specify, Specifying). (various references)

Czech

designovaný, znamenat (add up to, betoken, connotate, connote, correspond, count, denote, entail, mean, purport, signify, spell), ustanovit (appoint, constitute, institute, ordain, place, set), urèit (allocate, appoint, assign, define, design, destine, determine, earmark, fix, identify, intend for, lay down, ordain, reserve, settle, state, will), urèený (destined, stated), pojmenovat (entitle, name, term), oznaèit (denote, describe, highlight, indicate, inscribe, label, Mark, prick, sign, signify, stigmatize, term), nastávající (budding, imminent, impendent, impending, incoming), jmenovat (appoint, call, dub, name, nominate, vote), budoucí (forthcoming, future, oncoming, prospective, unborn). (various references)

Danish

biosfaeren er den del af jordskorpen, i hvilken oekosystemerne findes (the term biosphere is used to designate the part of the earth's crust in which the ecosystems are to be found). (various references)

Dutch

biosfeer - het deel van de aardbol dat door levende organismen bewoond wordt: het land ( tot een bepaalde diepte ), het water ( in de oceaan tot zeer grote diepten ) en de lucht wat betreft de benedenste lagen van de atmosfeer (the term biosphere is used to designate the part of the earth's crust in which the ecosystems are to be found). (various references)

Farsi 

معین کردن (Allocate, Allot, Define, Delineate, Govern, Limit, Settle, Specify), نامزدکردن (Betroth, Engage, Espouse, Nominate), گماشتن (Appoint, Assign, Charge), تخصیص دادن (Allot, Apportion, Consecrate, Design, Give), برگزیدن (Elect, Elite, Pick, Prefer, Single). (various references)

French

désigner, désigné (designed), appeler. (various references)

German

bestimmen (appoint, ascertain, characterize, classify, condition, decide, define, design, destine, determine, earmark, fix, govern, identify, intend, lay down, locate, mark out, mean, ordain, position, prearrange, qualify, set, specify, to appoint, to designate, to destine, to determine, to intend, to ordain, type, will). (various references)

Greek 

καθορίζω (decide, define, determine, map, quote, settle on, specify, to lay down), προσδιορίζω (assign, define, determine, qualify, specify), ορίζω (appoint, define, detail, determine, fix, prescribe, set, to have consulting hours, to prescribe), διορίζω (appoint, assign, constitute, depurate, depute, deputize, name, name to, nominate, ordain). (various references)

Hebrew 

מיוע�" (bound, destined, elected, intended), לקבוע (appoint, condition, determine, fix, insert, install, prescribe, provide), ל�"קציב מקום, ל�"ק� ות (bestow, give possession, hand over, impart, transfer), לצין (mark out, measure, point out, quote, specify), לסמן (indicate, sign, signal, signify). (various references)

Hungarian

nevez (clept, to clepe, to designate, to style, to term), kijelöl (allot, appoint, assign, doom, lay out, mark off, mark out, situate, tell off, to appoint, to assign, to designate, to fix on, to lay out, to mark out, to reassign, to set out, to trace out). (various references)

Indonesian

menunjuk (appoint, indicate, point toward, raise one's hand, with reference to), mengangkat (adopt, appoint, assign, carry, doff, elevate, heave, lift, nab, pick up, promote, raise, take up), calon (applicant, aspirant, candidate, postulant, prospective, recruit). (various references)

Italian

designare (appoint, assign, call, design, mark, name, nominate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

指名 (name, nominate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しめい (errand, fate, full name, identity, life or death, message, mission, name, nominate). (various references)

Korean 

지명하�" (named). (various references)

Manx

enmys (address, appoint, baptize, baptize ship, cite, denominate, denomination, designation, direct, entitle, enumerate, head, name, nomenclature, nominate, specify, style, superscription, term, terminology, title), cur sheese er. (various references)

Pig Latin

esignateday

Portuguese

designar (appoint, ascribe, attach, choose, define, denominate, design, destine, determine, elect, Mark, name, nominate, pick out, prefer), designado (under), nomear (appoint, assign, call, choose, create, denominate, depute, elect, institute, name, nominate, pick out, place, prefer), nomeado (name day), mostrar (bare, create, demonstrate, denote, develop, discover, display, draw, drew, evince, exert influence, exhibit impatience, hold up, indicate, intimation, keep up, offer, point out, produce, record, reflect, reveal, set forth, show, show off, show up, signify, to show, turn up, unfold, unmask, wear), indicar (betoken, define, denote, determine, dial, direct, evince, guide, imply, indicate, intimate, name, quote, record, register, route, show, suggest, to indicate). (various references)

Romanian

desemnat, desemna (appoint, assign), denumi (call, denominate, name, term, title), denota (denote, indicate, show), numit (appointed), numi (appoint, call, constitute, make, name, nominate, place, put, surname), marca (badge, brand, ear-mark, hall mark, label, Mark, mark out, record, register, say, score, show, stamp, stencil, underline), indica (denote, indicate, infer, Mark, point out, record, set, shape, show, sign, signify, tell), arãta (appear, bespeak, betoken, carry forth, connote, demonstrate, display, evidence, evince, exhibit, lay out, look, Mark, point, point out, produce, prove, put up, read, record, reveal, rise, seem, set, show, show up, signify, teach, trot out). (various references)

Russian 

определять (appoint, assign, define, destine, determine, fix, identify to, mete, modify, pinpoint, qualify, rate, sniff out, specifies, specify). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

postaviti (appoint, induct, instal, install, mount, pad, picket, pitch, place, plant, pose, posit, post, put, quilt, seat, set, set out, set up, situate, string), označiti (connote, denote, hallmark, label, mark, mark in, signalize, signify, tag, term), označavati (connotate, mark, signify), odrediti (allot, appoint, appropriate, assign, cast, define, destine, detail, determine, fix, mark off, mark out, modify, order, peg, route, set, set by), imenovati (appoint, denominate). (various references)

Spanish

designado (labeled), denominar (denominate, denominate currency, name, term), demostrar (demonstrate, display, evince, exemplify, expose, illustrate, indicate, prove, show), señalar (determine, finger, Mark, mark off, mark out, point, pointing out, show, signalize), nombrado (noted, well known), indicar (denote, indicate, note, point at, point out, point to, read, show, sign, signal, signify, suggest, tell). (various references)

Swedish

bestämma (appoint, assign, be determined, condition, decide, decree, define, destine, determine, direct, fix, fix up, intend, judge, mean, modify, name, qualify, rule, set, settle, sway). (various references)

Turkish

tayin etmek (appoint, commission, deputize, institute, name, nominate, post, prefer, station), tayin edilmiş (appointed), tanımlamak (be descriptive of, characterize, define, describe, diagnose, illustrate, portray, qualify), işaret etmek (beckon, betoken, indicate, make a sign, point, point at, point out, point to, sign, signal, signalize), göstermek (adduce, betoken, demonstrate, denote, depict, disclose, display, evidence, exercise, exhibit, expose, hold up, indicate, initiate, introduce, look, manifest, point, point out, point to, produce, prove, put forth, register, represent, run, set out, shew, show, show off, show up, signify, speak, stamp, table, teach, trot out, uncork), atanmış, atamak (accredit, advance, appoint, assign, co opt, commission, constitute, coopt, create, depute, deputize, elect, install, institute, nominate, ordain, post, prefer, station), adlandırmak (call, denominate, entitle, intitle, refer to, term). (various references)

Ukranian 

указувати (denote, indicate, point, point out), встановлювати (define, institutionalize), визначати (assign, balance, decree, define, determinate, determine, govern, identify, mete, operate, ordain, order, single, specificate, tell), називати (appellate, call, name, nomenclate, phrase, title), зазначати (denote, note, notice, point, point out, remark), призначений на посаду (nominative), позначати (appellate, check, denominate, denote, earmark, ink, tick off). (various references)

commenda, commendabam, commendabit, commendabo, commendamus, commendant, commendantes, commendarat, commendare, commendaret, commendari, commendasset, commendat, commendata, commendatum, commendatus, commendaverit, commendaverunt, commendavit, commendo, designavi, designavit, designo, dic, dicam, dicamque, dicamus, dicant, dicantur, dicas, dicat, dicatis, dicatque, dicatur, dicebam, dicebamque, dicebant, dicebantur, dicebas, dicebat, dicebatque, dicebatur, dicemus, dicemusque, dicenda, dicendo, dicendum, dicens, dicensque, dicent, dicente, dicentem, dicentes, dicenti, dicentia, dicentibus, dicentis, dicentium, dicentque, dicentur, dicere, diceremus, dicerent, diceres, diceret, diceretis, diceretur, dices, dicesque, dicet, dicetis, dicetque, dicetur, diceturque, dici, dicimini, dicimus, dicis, dicit, dicite, dicitis, dicito, dicitur, dico, dicta, dictae, dictis, dicto, dictos, dictum, dictumque, dicturi, dicturus, dicturusque, dictus, dicunt, dicuntur, dixeram, dixeramus, dixeras, dixerat, dixeratis, dixerim, dixerimus, dixerint, dixeris, dixerit, dixeritis, dixero, dixerunt, dixeruntque, dixi, diximus, dixique, dixisse, dixissem, dixissent, dixisset, dixisti, dixistique, dixistis, dixit, dixitque, signa, signans, signant, signantes, signasti, signat, signata, signatae, signati, signatorum, signatum, signatus, signaveris, signaverunt, signavi, signavit, signemus, signo, superdixerunt, supersignabitur. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "designate": designated, designates. (additional references)

Words ending with "designate": predesignate. (additional references)

Words containing "designate": predesignated, predesignates, undesignated. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Designate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deisgnate, Designado, designare, designatee, designatum, desugnate, diesignate, disignate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: andesite, ingested, sedating, signeted, steading.

-2 letters: agisted, aniseed, destain, destine, detains, easting, eatings, edgiest, endites, etesian, ideates, ingates, ingesta, instead, negated, negates, nidgets, sainted, seating, seeding, stained, standee, stanged, teasing.

-3 letters: aedine, ageist, agenes, agents, anteed, dating, deigns, denies, design, detain, dienes, digest, dinges, easing, eating, egesta, enates, endite, gained, gainst, gaited, gasted.

+1 letter: besteading, denigrates, designated, designates, magnetised.

+2 letters: delegations, denegations, desecrating, designative, detasseling, disentangle, intergrades, nearsighted, pedestaling.

+3 letters: abridgements, deescalating, demagnetizes, desiderating, detasselling, disagreement, disentangled, disentangles, disintegrate, freestanding, homesteading, investigated, pedestalling, predesignate, speedboating, straightened, tragediennes, undesignated.

+4 letters: degenerations, demagnetizers, deregulations, desegregating, desegregation, deuteragonist, disagreements, disengagement, disheartening, disintegrated, disintegrates, disparagement, exsanguinated, gonadectomies, guanethidines, kindergartens, nearsightedly, predesignated, predesignates, redintegrates, speedboatings.

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