OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 20935

designate

/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
denominar • designar
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
to designate the boundaries of a country
to designate the rioters who are to be arrested
designar
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
"Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, whe…
designar • titular
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.