to designate
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈdɛzɪɡneɪt/
:
designar
- The committee will designate a new chairperson at the next meeting.
- designated class
- designated area
- designated facility
They had officially designated her a victim.
- They had officially designated her a victim.
- He managed to be reinstated as protector and have himself and his heirs designated to succeed Henry.
- I do not designate human characters or stable character traits.
- clear block time that you've designated towards developing the skills that are necessary for you to win?
- It's above all the name that designates the pure subject, the empty unit without thought, content.
- They were designated rooms in our middle schools for computers.
- So I don't recommend using Vicks vapor rub in other locations than already designated by the manufacturers.
- The body positive movement for instance was designated for marginalized bodies to feel seen and validated.
- According to Le Feb, the city is a term that attempts to designate a clearly defined, definitive object, a scientific object.
- And as a result, since the money was specifically designated for women, he had to find graduate students at the women's colleges.
- Have you did you hear about the the school in or Colorado that had designated play time for children of colour?
- Were you ever designated with the book, which was the, the, the map essentially.
Examples
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They had officially designated her a victim.
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Participants were administered a series of self-report questionnaires in a designated classroom during regular class periods.
Academic text (2008) -
Specifically, I included schools that had a designated music teacher and those that did not.
Academic text (2015) -
Students who had been members of a team in the preceding year were designated sport participants.
Academic text (1991) -
In addition, 30% of the students were designated as having learning disabilities, and 7% were English learners.
Academic text (2013) -
The position of the person designated to monitor the policy was asked for in an open-ended survey question.
Academic text (2015) -
He would like Foxcatcher to be designated and recognized as the official training site for U.S.A. Wrestling and the Olympic team.
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In 1798, a new Georgia constitution designated the state's boundaries across land that Cherokees occupied and claimed.
Academic text (2011) -
After the British victories in the Opium Wars, Shanghai was designated as a foreign "treaty port" and concession.
Academic text (2008) -
Schools were selected through a survey process using criteria designated by the Department of Literacy (DOL), CPS.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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1.0
To give a name to someone or something and sometimes to say they are a certain kind
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3.2
Officially choose someone for a job or role
497
6.8
To give someone a new official title in a formal ceremony
456
2.8
To officially choose someone for a job or position
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3.1
Decide the group, place, or role something belongs to in a system
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3.9
To call something by a particular name
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5.9
To call a person or thing by a particular name
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4.3
To register someone for an activity or list and give them a specific role
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7.7
To give a name to a person or thing
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Designate comes from the Latin designare, built from de- and signare, from signum meaning 'mark', the same root as sign and signature. Think of giving a name or title by putting a mark beside someone's name on a list. So, to designate is to assign a name, title, or position.