designate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb assign a name or title to
  2. verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
  3. verb indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignātus, perfect passive participle of designō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of design.

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Synonyms

denominate

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