designate

Meanings

• Verb

  To appoint or assign a person or thing to a position or task.

  - "He was designate as the new team leader."
  - "The board designate a new member to fill the vacant seat."

• Verb

  To identify or indicate something as being a particular thing.

  - "This document designate certain provisions as confidential."
  - "The label designate the bottle as containing wine."

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Synonyms

denominate , entitle , name , style , denote , describe , indicate , note , allocate , earmark

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with designate
define , combine , refine

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Variants

List of all variants of designate that leads to same result
designate , designated , designates , designating , designative , designator , designators , designatory , designate as , pre-designate , pre-designated , pre-designates , pre-designating , predesignate , predesignated , predesignates , predesignating

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'designare', meaning 'to mark out, to point out'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'designate' is often used in legal contexts to refer to the person or entity that is appointed to carry out a particular function or duty.

2. In the game of Scrabble, the word 'designate' is worth 10 points.

3. The term 'designate' is also used in genetics to refer to a gene that has been identified but not yet fully characterized.

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Related Concepts

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1. Appointment: The act of designating someone or something to a position or role.

2. Designation: The act of identifying or indicating something as being a particular thing.

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Culture

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Designate has been used extensively in literature and art to represent the act of choosing or appointing someone or something to a position or role. For instance, in Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar', Brutus designates Caesar as a tyrant and conspires to assassinate him.

How to Memorize "designate"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of pointing or marking something out to designate it as something.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'designate' with the idea of marking or appointing something.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the word 'designate' and the idea of marking or appointing something.

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