designate definition
designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated) 1  To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify to designate the boundaries of a countryâ. to designate the rioters who are to be arrestedâ. To call by a distinctive title; to name.