Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of designating; a marking or pointing out.
- n. Nomination or appointment.
- n. A distinguishing name or title.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of pointing or marking out; a distinguishing from others; indication: as, the designation of an estate by boundaries.
- n. Nomination; appointment: as, a claim to a throne grounded on the designation of a predecessor.
- n. A selecting and appointing; assignment: as, the designation of an officer to a particular command.
- n. The application of a word to indicate or name a particular thing or things; denotation.
- n. Description; character; disposition.
- n. That which designates; a distinctive appellation; specifically, an addition to a name, as of title, profession, trade, or occupation, to distinguish the person from others.
- n. In Scots law, the setting apart of manses and glebes for the clergy from the church lands of the parish by the presbytery of the bounds.
- n. 8. In oysterculture: A right to plant oysters in a given piece of ground designated for such purpose by oyster-commissioners or other authority.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
- n. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
- n. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- n. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
- n. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
- n. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- n. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of designating or identifying something
- n. identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- n. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Examples
“They have decided to remove the Harlequin designation from the brand.”
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“The line will be manufactured exclusively in the United States and will feature the label designation Made for America.”
“This was not an easy thing, this was a tough thing, they applied, so the title designation is master patrol officer," Dagnan said.”
“Courts have held that this part of the designation is an unreviewable political question.”
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“The coin you mentioned was a pattern coin and the Judd-229a designation is a reference number identifying this particular pattern, namely a Dual Obverse Mule.”
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“I think the designation is arbitrary, but it should still stand.”
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“Delgado recalled a time when both the girls and boys teams had a handful of players involved in a game called, "Big Booty," a call and response game which involves someone being tagged with the title designation, and remembering to respond with said title when called on to respond.”
“This could garner Lorqess a label designation as a drug to prevent and treat Type II DM.”
“The 392 designation comes from the engine's size in cubic inches, a measurement familiar to those of us raised in the muscle car era, many of whom are the Challenger's target demographic.”
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“One benefit that comes from a city receiving such a designation is that money begins being spent on the maintenance and rehabilitation of various sites.”
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