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Meaning of designate in English

designate
verb [ T ]
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/ˈdez.ɪɡ.neɪt/ us
/ˈdez.ɪɡ.neɪt/
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to choose someone officially to do a particular job:
Traditionally, the president designates his or her successor.
be designated as Thompson has been designated as team captain.
designate someone something Time magazine designated him one of the world's most influential people.
be designated to He was designated to be the unit's English translator.
She has been designated to organize the meeting.
to say officially that a place or thing has a particular character or purpose:
designated for A large chunk of the money is designated for new housing.
specially designated This area of the park has been specially designated for children.
designate something as something They officially designated the area as unsuitable for human habitation.
designate something something One strip of beachfront has been designated a new tourism zone.
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designate
adjective [ after noun ]
uk
/ˈdez.ɪɡ.nət/ /ˈdez.ɪɡ.neɪt/ us
/ˈdez.ɪɡ.nət/ /ˈdez.ɪɡ.neɪt/
used after the title of a particular official job to refer to someone chosen to do that job, but who has not yet started doing it:
the Secretary General/Managing Director designate
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(Definition of designate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

designate | American Dictionary

designate
verb [ T ]
us
/ˈdez·ɪɡˌneɪt/
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to choose someone or something for a special job or purpose, or to state that something has a particular character or purpose:
The chairman designated his daughter as his successor.
North-south streets are designated by numbers.

designated

adjective [ not gradable ] us
/ˈdez·ɪɡˌneɪ·t̬ɪd/
a designated waiting area
(Definition of designate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

designate | Business English

designate
verb [ T ]
uk
/ˈdezɪɡneɪt/ us
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to choose someone officially to do a particular job:
Traditionally, the director designates his or her successor.
designate sb (as) sth/to be sth Thompson has been designated as new department head.
designate sb to do sth She has been designated to organize the meeting.
to state officially that a place or thing has a particular character or purpose:
designate sth for sth This area of the plant has been specially designated for research and development.
designate sth (as) sth They officially designated the building as unsuitable for human habitation.
designate
adjective [ after noun ]
uk
/ˈdezɪɡneɪt/ us
/ˈdezɪɡnɪt/
used after the title of a particular official job to refer to someone who has been chosen to do that job, but who has not yet started doing it:
the Managing Director designate
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-elect
(Definition of designate from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of designate

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They prefer the concentration of structure that accompanies an intersection or monosyllabic foot to be as near as possible to the designated edge of alignment.
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A new episode of gastroenteritis was designated if there were 7 symptom-free days since the last day of symptoms.
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Prediction models: a model that expresses one designated predicted variable as a function of other predictor variables.
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The agent providing the service is designated the controlling agent which negotiates for component sub-services.
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The following six chapters deal with fraud after the ballot was designated secret.
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To ease reading, we will omit the lower-left indices if they are not referenced or the constraint set is designated only by a symbol.
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Such (d) isolates were designated as the primary cause of sepsis and in some cases were responsible for foetal death.
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Clearly, the word "because" in the last sentence of this passage designates a justificatory or evidential relationship rather than a semantic one.
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Tissue matching is typically done by the facility in which the transplant is to be carried out or by a laboratory designated by the physician.
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Significant revolt did not reappear until 1809-10, when a wave of what officials designated 'brigandage ' swept through the province.
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Applicants designated as homeless in one authority could only be made offers in the locality in which the applicant had a 'personal connection'.
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Respondents are asked to think of a thermometer scale ranging from 1 to 100 with 50 explicitly designated as a neutral point.
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First, a region of memory is designated to contain the runtime stack.
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On this figure, the disc designates the robot.
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Throughout this article, these actors are designated as 'waverers', since they waver on the border between cooperation and non-cooperation.
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Translations of designate

in Chinese (Traditional)
指定，選定, 委派, 指定，劃定（特徵、用途）…
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指定，选定, 委派, 指定，划定（特征、用途）…
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nombrar, designar, nombrado…
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nomear, designar, eleito…
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atamak, görevlendirmek, belirtmek…
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désigner, classer, nommer…
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指名（しめい）する, 呼（よ）ぶ…
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benoemen, aanwijzen, nieuwbenoemd…
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označit, prohlásit, určit (za)…
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betegne, udnævne, udpege…
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định rõ, bổ nhiệm…
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wyznaczać, mianować, desygnować…
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beteckna, benämna, utse…
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bakal, dilantik…
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bezeichnen, ausersehen, designiert…
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