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# designate

«designate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To choose someone or something officially for a job or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (designate, designates, designated, designating); adjective (after a noun, formal: president-designate)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#m1)

2) To mark or name something in a special way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#m2)

3) (adjective, formal) Chosen for a job but not started yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and rules: "designated area", "designated driver" (one who stays sober), "designated play zone". In maths: "let x designate the number". Phrases: designated area, designated driver, designate as.

### examples

- Bikes must be left in the designated area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x1)
- The park was designated a nature reserve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x2)
- Smoking is only allowed in designated places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x3)
- She was designated team captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x4)
- Let y designate the number of oranges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x5)
- Dad was the designated driver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x6)
- In earlier times, by which name our aunt used to designate thirty years ago, she and the before-mentioned Herr Sivertsen had been younger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x7)

### note

Verb said "DEZ-ig-nate". Noun: designation. Formal; plain words: choose, name, set aside. "Designated area" is common on signs.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «designate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.