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Designate Designated Formally Thing Give Description Man Interviewed

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When you d________ someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.
...a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E.
There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark.
I live in Exmoor, which is designated as a national park.
word designate
full-definition
verb
When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.
...a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E.
There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark.
I live in Exmoor, which is designated as a national park.
If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose.
Some of the rooms were designated as offices.
...scholarships designated for minorities.
Smoking is allowed in designated areas.
When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job .
Designate someone as the spokesperson.
The President's designated successor is his son.
adjective
Designate is used to describe someone who has been formally chosen to do a particular job, but has not yet started doing it.
Japan's Prime Minister-designate is completing his Cabinet today.
inflections designatesdesignatingdesignated
cefr-level C1

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