: chosen but not yet installed (see install 1b)
- ambassador designate
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Although rediscovered only in 2013 near the town of Pamukkale — famous for its surreal, Unesco-designate travertine hot spring terraces — the cave’s existence has been known since antiquity as part of what was then Hierapolis.
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Origin and Etymology of designate
designated;
designating
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: to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty
- designate a group to prepare a plan
2 a
: to point out the location of
- a marker designating the battle
b
: to distinguish as to class (see 1class 3)
- the area we designate as that of spiritual values
- —J. B. Conant
3
: denote
- associate names with the people they designate
4
: to call by a distinctive title, term, or expression
- a particle designated the neutron
Examples of designate in a Sentence
The wooden stakes designate the edge of the building site.
the designated time for the meeting
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The city of Madison had a population of just over 3,000 in the early 1800s, and is now designated as one of the Best Little Towns in Florida by Visit Florida.
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There would be ground troops involved in addition to the fighter planes, consisting of a maximum of five vehicles designated as either friendly or belonging to enemy forces.
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When an area is designated as a TIF district, property tax revenue – which is split up among local taxing bodies – is frozen.
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Congress passed banking sanctions in response to Warmbier's death late last year, and Trump re-designated the country as a sponsor of terrorism in November, which allowed the Warmbiers to sue the foreign government.
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The lawsuit is filed under a federal anti-terrorism law, because North Korea has been designated as a state sponsor of terror.
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That list includes only players designated as a DB by their drafting team.
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Many schools have rules prohibiting bringing anything that resembles a firearm to campus — even if the items are not designed to cause physical harm and are designated as toys with an orange tip.
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Chick-fil-A was criticized at the time not just for CEO Dan Cathy’s views, but for donating nearly $2 million to anti-LGBTQ groups, including those that supported conversion therapy and some designated as hate groups.
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Origin and Etymology of designate
see 1designate
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First Known Use: 1596
in the meaning defined at sense 2a
See Words from the same yeardesignate Synonyms
Synonyms
appoint, assign, attach, commission, constitute, detail, name, nominate, place;
Near Antonyms
blackball, depose, dethrone, displace, eject, evict, oust, overthrow, remove, throw out, uncrown, unmake, unseat;
Related Words
authorize, delegate, deputize;
anoint, consecrate, create, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, make, ordain;
choose, destine, draft, elect, handpick, select, single (out), vote (in);
DESIGNATE Defined for English Language Learners
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: to officially choose (someone or something) to do or be something : to officially give (someone or something) a particular role or purpose
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: to call (something or someone) by a particular name or title
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: to be used as a name for (something or someone)
DESIGNATE Defined for Kids
Word Root of designate
The Latin word signum, meaning “mark” or “indication,” gives us the root sign. Words from the Latin signum have something to do with marks, signs, or indications. A sign is a move of the hand that indicates something to others. To designate is to mark someone or something for a special purpose. A signal is an indication that an action should begin.
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