Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That designates; designative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Serving to designate; designative; indicating.
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- adjective Serving to
designate .
Etymologies
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Administrative divisionsThis entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
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Administrative divisions: This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names
The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Administrative divisions: This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first - order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first - order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Administrative divisions: The numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions are generally those approved by the US Board on
The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Administrative divisions: The numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions are generally those approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first - order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Administrative divisions: This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Waldron's view is that symbols, which are, at bottom, what we learn the use of when we learn language, "perform many psychological functions -- designatory, categorial, differential, mnemonic, heuristic -- which naturally fuse to form what we vaguely call thought."
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