3syllables
designate
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Definitions ofdesignate
1verb
- To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
Example: "to designate the boundaries of a country"
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- 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.
1adjective
- Designated; appointed; chosen.
- Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
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