Designation Meaning
/dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn act or instance of designating
nounSelection and appointment for a purpose or office.
Sentence Examples
They do not preach by name or designation.
The leader will be whoever decides to accept the designation.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His official ____ as chief operating officer was announced last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They do not preach by name or ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English designacioun, from Latin dēsignātiō, and partly (especially in sense 5) from design + -ation. By surface analysis, designate + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]"
— 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiv:
"Man is the most aggressive animal in the sea (and on the land as well), and all the "man-eater" stories in history will not change this designation."
— 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 144:
"It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term."
— 1953, Jacob Hooper Wise, The Meaning in Reading:
"Deſignation, or Deſign, (Lat[in] and French) a purpoſing or contriving."
— [1658, Edward Phillips, compiler, “Designation”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler, for Nath[aniel] Brook […], →OCLC, signature M, recto, column 1:
"But ſo far as Words are of Uſe and Signification, ſo far is there a conſtant connexion between the Sound and the Idea; and a Designation, that the one ſtand for the other: without which Application of them, they are nothing, but ſo much inſignificant Noiſe."
— 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of the Signification of Words”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book III, § 7, page 189:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His official ____ as chief operating officer was announced last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They do not preach by name or ____.