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adjective

as in specified

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verb

past tense of designate
1
as in set
to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority the designated time for the meeting

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2
as in appointed
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm

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3
as in named
to give a name to he was designated "Air Jordan" by his fans

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Recent Examples of designated
Adjective
Rounded tables naturally encourage conversation and connection because everyone faces one another equally; there's no designated head of the table, and, as Austin points out, there are no bad seats. — Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2026
Verb
Miami’s other free agent signings — pitchers Chris Paddack and John King, plus infielder Christopher Morel and outfielder Austin Slater — were designated for assignment during the season. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Trump also has sought to put his name on the Kennedy Center, even though Congress designated it as a memorial to the late president. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026 Now, Anthropic has lost a key battle in its fight against being designated a supply chain risk by the US government. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026 Georgia Power submitted a subscription tariff model, designated NU-1, alongside an agreement with Google. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026 The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, has designated the caucus as an anti-Muslim hate group. — David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 The larger figure includes restricted and designated money that is not available for general spending. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 In multiple messages excerpted in the ruling, Seaver allegedly threatened Danny Nozell, the sole manager of She’s Alive LLC, the company that Parton designated to control her professional property and business interests after her death. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026 The United Nations has designated 2026 as the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development, reflecting a broader recognition that volunteerism is not peripheral to development. — Deirdre White, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for designated
  1. specified
  2. set
  3. appointed
  4. named
  5. picked
  6. nominated
  7. labeled
  8. selected
Adjective
  • Suburban developers swung hard in the opposite direction, designing large areas around specified activities.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This is the specified percentage of a business’s daily credit card batches or other business receipts that is remitted to the funder until the amount specified in the agreement has been collected.
    — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of specified
Verb
  • Four European dates have been set for next June in Germany, Denmark and Norway.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Like that vaunted executive dining room, a sense of exclusivity will set all three of the new entrants apart.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of set
Verb
  • The board currently consists of five representatives from Friends of the Underline and four members appointed by Miami-Dade County.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Bolsonaro supporters have since portrayed Moraes as an ally of Lula, although he was not appointed by Lula and does not belong to his party.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of appointed
Verb
  • Kalind, the younger brother of a bonobo named Kevin, was the more excitable and playful of the two.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
  • François shares his son, who is also named François, with his wife, Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of named
Verb
  • The prime minister and chief of staff had picked the general to coordinate the military mission of flipping Hungary to the Allied side.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Seurer was picked by the Seahawks in the third round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft, but initially passed on playing in the NFL and was in the upstart USFL with the Los Angeles Express.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • Never Enough, the group’s fourth album following 2021’s Glow On, won Best Rock Album at the same awards show, in which the band was the first to be nominated simultaneously in the Rock, Alternative and Metal categories.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The 2024 movie Conclave, which had been nominated for Best Picture at the recent Academy Awards, also drove up interest in the proceedings.
    — Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of nominated
Verb
  • Footwear News labeled heeled thong sandals the summer’s biggest footwear trend, noting that the trend would be likely to continue throughout the unexpectedly warm fall months.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • He was labeled this way in a 2016 Variety cover story as well.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of labeled
Verb
  • Boeing was selected for the F-47 Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract in 2025.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The film has also been selected as Latvia’s entry for the best international feature film Oscar category at the 99th Academy Awards in 2027.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of selected

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“Designated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designated. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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