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Variant of designate

designate Definition

des·ig·nate (dez′ig nāt′; for adj., -nit, -nāt′)

adjective

named for an office, etc. but not yet in it ambassador designate

Etymology: ME < L designatus, pp. of designare: see design

transitive verb designated -·nat′ed, designating -·nat′·ing

  1. to point out; mark out; indicate; specify
  2. to refer to by a distinguishing name, title, etc.; name
  3. to name for an office or duty; appoint

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designated Usage Examples

Object

  • supervisor: No personal license will be required to supply alcohol at a Club Premises and there is no need to have a designated premises supervisor.
  • area: Smoking Designated smoking areas are being created within wards for patients only.
  • bay: Disabled badge holders: There will be a number of designated disabled bays.
  • officer: The LA designated officer then decides whether to involve social care or the police.
  • zone: With a limited budget up front, we were able to deploy a number of units of our choice across several designated drop zones.
  • person: Usually the owner or designer of the website is the person designated to drive traffic to the site.

Preposition: as

  • area: As such the valley of the river Tamar is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  • site: This was to be designated as a brown field site for possible future harbor related development.

Modifying Another Word

  • specially: Displays A specially designated area is available for displays of pupils work.
  • officially: In 1989 the Center was officially designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Center.
  • nationally: DEFRA understand that the reference to national legislation is only to nationally designated sites.
  • formally: Several formally designated protected areas ( including San Rafael ) appear to exist in name alone.
  • specifically: Bicycles must not be brought into residences at any time, except to specifically designated areas.
  • expressly: Certain provisions of these terms of use may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages of this Website.

Used with why or when

  • who: The unit is a designated WHO Collaborating Center for reference and research on diphtheria.

Infinitive complement

  • protect: Management of Nature Reserves Nature reserves are usually designated to protect a particular species, assemblage of species, or specific habitats.

Present participle complement

  • recommend: The agency announced the creation of the first 80 designated recommending bodies on 24 June.

Preposition: in

  • accordance: Plans or projects that may have a significant effect on sites designated in accordance with the Directive have to be assessed.

Preposition: under

  • convention: Ramsar sites are designated under the Convention of Wetlands of International Importance.

Preposition: for

  • purpose: Wherever possible items to be the subject of hot work should be removed to a safe area designated for that purpose.