designation

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
  2. noun the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
  3. noun the act of designating or identifying something

Etymology

From Middle English designacioun, from Latin dēsignātiō, and partly (especially in sense 5) from design + -ation. By surface analysis, designate + -ion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

appellation, denomination, appellative

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