# designate
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignātus, perfect passive participle of designō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of design.

### Pronunciation

* (adjective)
** (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA: /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/, /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/
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** (General Australian) IPA: /ˈdez.ɪɡ.nət/, /ˈdez.ɪɡ.næɪt/
* (verb)
** (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA: /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/
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** (General Australian) IPA: /ˈdez.ɪɡ.næɪt/

### Adjective

designate (not comparable)
* Designated; appointed; chosen.
* (UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
** 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third:King designate

#### Derived terms

* Commissioner-designate

### Verb

designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)
* 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
* To call by a distinctive title; to name.
** 1912, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine, Stratemeyer Syndicate:"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, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.
* 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.

#### Synonyms

* (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
* (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
* (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

#### Derived terms

* designatable
* designated driver
* designated hitter
* designator
* designatory
* designee
* indesignate
* nondesignating
* predesignate
* redesignate

#### Related terms

* codesignative
* designation
* designative
* designatum

#### Translations

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#### Further reading

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “designate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “designate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## Interlingua
### Participle

designate
* past participle of designar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /de.ziɲˈɲa.te/, (traditional) /de.siɲˈɲa.te/
* Rhymes: -ate
* Hyphenation: de‧si‧gnà‧te

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

designate
* inflection of designare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

designate f pl
* feminine plural of designato

#### Adjective

designate f pl
* feminine plural of designato

### References

* ↑ designo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* disegnate, sdegniate

## Latin
### Verb

dēsignāte
* second-person plural present active imperative of dēsignō

### References

* “designate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Spanish
### Verb

designate
* second-person singular voseo imperative of designar combined with te