The meaning of DESIGNATE is to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty. How to use designate in a sentence.

To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose: designated a delegate to represent our department; designated funds for the project. See Synonyms at allocate, appoint. Appointed but not …

DESIGNATING meaning: 1. present participle of designate 2. to choose someone officially to do a particular job: 3. to…. Learn more.

To designate is to give something a specific status. If you designate your house an opera-free zone, it means that you've officially declared that no opera is allowed to be played there.

DESIGNATE definition: to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify. See examples of designate used in a sentence.

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word designating. Did you actually mean descending or discountenance?

When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name. There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark. If something is …

Use 'designating' in formal contexts where something is being officially named or marked for a particular purpose. Often used in administrative or institutional contexts.

Definition of designate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪt; adj. -nɪt, -ˌneɪt/ v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing, adj. v. specify: He designated the points where we would meet. [ ~ + obj + (as +) obj] to give a name or title to: The neighborhood was designated (as) a …