designate

/'dezignit/
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designate

The committee will designate a new chairperson next week.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To officially choose someone for a particular job or purpose: To assign a person to a specific role or position.
    • To indicate or specify something: To point out, show, or identify a particular person, place, or thing.
    • To give a particular name, title, or description to something: To call something by a specific name.

  2. Adjective:

    • Chosen for a role but not yet officially in it: Used after a noun to describe someone who has been selected for a position but has not yet started the duties.
Examples of Usage

  • Verb:

    • The board will designate a new manager next week.
    • The map uses a red star to designate the capital city.
    • We designate this room as the conference area.
    • The law designates these animals as a protected species.

  • Adjective:

    • The CEO designate will assume her responsibilities in January.
    • He is the ambassador designate to France.
Advanced Usage
  • "to designate (someone/something) as (something)": To officially give a specific status or role.
    • The building was designated as a historical monument.
  • Passive voice for formal assignment: Often used in official or formal contexts.
    • Funds were designated for disaster relief.
Variants and Related Words
  • Designation (noun): The act of designating or the name/title given.
    • His official designation is "Chief Operating Officer."
  • Designated (adjective, past participle): Officially assigned or specified.
    • This is a designated no-parking zone.
Synonyms
  • Appoint: To choose someone officially for a job.
  • Assign: To give someone a particular job or thing to do.
  • Nominate: To formally suggest someone for a role.
  • Indicate: To show or point out.
  • Specify: To state something clearly and exactly.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(The verb "designate" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically conveyed directly or with prepositions like "as" or "for.")

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms that center on the word "designate.")

designate

The committee will designate a new chairperson next week.

Adjective
  1. appointed but not yet installed in office
Verb
  1. design or destine
    • She was intended to become the director
  2. decree or designate beforehand
    • She was destined to become a great pianist
  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
  4. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
  5. assign a name or title to

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