"designate" meaning in English

See designate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ˈdez.ɪɡ.nət/ [General-Australian], /ˈdez.ɪɡ.næɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-designate1.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-designate2.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-designate.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{bor+|en|la|designatus}} Borrowed from Latin designatus, {{doublet|en|design}} Doublet of design Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} designate (not comparable)
  1. Designated; appointed; chosen. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-designate-en-adj-kBXNkymA
  2. (UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role. Tags: UK, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-designate-en-adj-FR3RvSx- Categories (other): British English, English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers: 12 55 12 9 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 49 18 7 19 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 8 60 13 7 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 40 20 12 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 48 16 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 55 16 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 37 19 16 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 49 16 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 37 19 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 49 16 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 42 15 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 7 50 21 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 8 48 15 15 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 46 15 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 7 58 13 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 46 15 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 7 58 13 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 10 51 15 13 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 49 16 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 47 17 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 58 12 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 49 16 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 46 15 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 43 17 14 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 49 16 13 13

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ˈdez.ɪɡ.nət/ [General-Australian], /ˈdez.ɪɡ.næɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-designate1.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-designate2.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-designate.wav Forms: designates [present, singular, third-person], designating [participle, present], designated [participle, past], designated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{bor+|en|la|designatus}} Borrowed from Latin designatus, {{doublet|en|design}} Doublet of design Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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 indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description Synonyms (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note Translations (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate): означавам (označavam) (Bulgarian), обозначавам (oboznačavam) (Bulgarian), označit (Czech), vymezit (Czech), bepalen (Dutch), nimittää (Finnish), valita (Finnish), merkitä (Finnish), määrittää (Finnish), osoittaa (Finnish), désigner (French), designar (Galician), bestimmen (German), kennzeichnen (German), markieren (German), benennen (German), designieren (German), signieren (German), festlegen (German), vorsehen (German), ausweisen (German), ansetzen (German), 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (namnjan) (Gothic), 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganamnjan) (Gothic), 示す (shimesu) (alt: しめす) (Japanese), dēsignō (Latin), designéieren (Luxembourgish), betegne (Norwegian Bokmål), designar (Portuguese), desemna (Romanian), indica (Romanian), designa (Romanian), ука́зывать (ukázyvatʹ) (Russian), designar (Spanish), denominar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-designate-en-verb-a4elhp6d Disambiguation of 'mark out and make known': 97 0 3 Disambiguation of 'to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate': 86 9 5
  2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. Synonyms (call by a distinctive title): denominate Translations (to call by a distinctive title; to name): назначавам (naznačavam) (Bulgarian), именувам (imenuvam) (Bulgarian), označit (Czech), noemen (Dutch), benoemen (Dutch), aanduiden als (Dutch), nimittää (Finnish), designar (Galician), designieren (German), nominieren (German), nennen (German), bezeichnen (German), benennen (German), ernennen (German), 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (namnjan) (Gothic), 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganamnjan) (Gothic), titulizar (Ido), 称する (shōsuru) (alt: しょうする) (Japanese), designar (Portuguese), desemna (Romanian), numi (Romanian), denumi (Romanian), называ́ть (nazyvátʹ) (Russian), именова́ть (imenovátʹ) (Russian), designar (Spanish), utpeka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-designate-en-verb-zQL-F1WN Disambiguation of 'call by a distinctive title': 2 97 1 Disambiguation of 'to call by a distinctive title; to name': 1 99 0
  3. 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 (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate Translations (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty): определям (opredeljam) (Bulgarian), предназначавам (prednaznačavam) (Bulgarian), ustanovit (Czech), jmenovat (Czech), nimittää (Finnish), nimetä (Finnish), korvamerkitä (Finnish), designar (Galician), vorsehen (German), bestimmen (German), ausersehen (German), designieren (German), einstufen (German), ausweisen (German), 指定する (shitei suru) (alt: していする) (Japanese), тағайындау (tağaiyndau) (Kazakh), addīcō (Latin), tautapa (Maori), designar (Portuguese), desemna (Romanian), назнача́ть (naznačátʹ) (Russian), designar (Spanish), titular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-designate-en-verb-sXMjok-J Disambiguation of 'set apart for a purpose or duty': 8 2 90 Disambiguation of 'to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty': 19 0 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: entitle, name, style, denominate, earmark, set apart Derived forms: designated driver, designated hitter Related terms: codesignative, designation, designative, designatum

Inflected forms

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          "word": "merkitä"
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          "word": "bestimmen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
          "word": "kennzeichnen"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
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          "_dis1": "86 9 5",
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    "English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English heteronyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow)",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Gothic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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    {
      "word": "designated driver"
    },
    {
      "word": "designated hitter"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "root"
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        "2": "la",
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      "name": "bor+"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "design"
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      "form": "designates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "designating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "designated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "designated",
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      "word": "codesignative"
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    {
      "word": "designation"
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    {
      "word": "designative"
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    {
      "word": "designatum"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "to designate the boundaries of a country",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to designate the rioters who are to be arrested",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description"
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        [
          "mark out",
          "mark out"
        ],
        [
          "point out",
          "point out"
        ],
        [
          "indicate",
          "indicate"
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        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ],
        [
          "distinguish",
          "distinguish"
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        {
          "ref": "1912, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine, Stratemeyer Syndicate:",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To call by a distinctive title; to name."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
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        [
          "indicate",
          "indicate"
        ],
        [
          "set apart",
          "set apart"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
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        "General-Australian"
      ]
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    {
      "sense": "mark out and make known",
      "word": "denote"
    },
    {
      "sense": "mark out and make known",
      "word": "describe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "mark out and make known",
      "word": "indicate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "mark out and make known",
      "word": "note"
    },
    {
      "sense": "call by a distinctive title",
      "word": "denominate"
    },
    {
      "word": "entitle"
    },
    {
      "word": "name"
    },
    {
      "word": "style"
    },
    {
      "word": "denominate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "allocate"
    },
    {
      "word": "earmark"
    },
    {
      "word": "set apart"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "označavam",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "означавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oboznačavam",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "обозначавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "označit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "vymezit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "bepalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "nimittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "valita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "merkitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "määrittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "osoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "désigner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "bestimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "kennzeichnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "markieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "benennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "designieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "signieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "festlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "vorsehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "ausweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "ansetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "namnjan",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ganamnjan",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しめす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimesu",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "示す"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "dēsignō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "designéieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "betegne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "desemna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "indica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "designa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "ука́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate",
      "word": "denominar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naznačavam",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "назначавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "imenuvam",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "именувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "označit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "noemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "benoemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "aanduiden als"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "nimittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "designieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "nominieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "nennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "bezeichnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "benennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "ernennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "namnjan",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ganamnjan",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "titulizar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōsuru",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "称する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "desemna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "numi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "denumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nazyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "называ́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "imenovátʹ",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "именова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to call by a distinctive title; to name",
      "word": "utpeka"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opredeljam",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "определям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prednaznačavam",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "предназначавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "ustanovit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "jmenovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "nimittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "nimetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "korvamerkitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "vorsehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "bestimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "ausersehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "designieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "einstufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "ausweisen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "していする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitei suru",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "指定する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tağaiyndau",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "тағайындау"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "addīcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "tautapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "desemna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naznačátʹ",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "назнача́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "designar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty",
      "word": "titular"
    }
  ],
  "word": "designate"
}

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