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Meaning of designate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  designate
      adj 1: appointed but not yet installed in office
      v 1: assign a name or title to [syn: {designate}, {denominate}]
      2: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task
         to (a person) [syn: {delegate}, {designate}, {depute},
         {assign}]
      3: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either
         spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove
         section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he
         indicated his opponents" [syn: {indicate}, {point},
         {designate}, {show}]
      4: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a
         great pianist" [syn: {destine}, {fate}, {doom}, {designate}]
      5: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
         [syn: {intend}, {destine}, {designate}, {specify}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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