About The Word Designation
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Designation
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What's The Definition Of Designation?
[n] the act of designating or identifying something
[n] the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" [n] identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others Synonyms | Synonyms for Designation: appellation | appellative | appointment | assignment | denomination | identification | naming Related Terms | Find terms related to Designation: allocation | appellation | appellative | appointment | assignment | attribution | baptism | binomen | binomial name | blood | brand | breed | byword | calling | cast | character | characterization | christening | clan | classification | cognomen | color | cryptonym | definition | denomination | denotation | description | determination | differentiation | disclosure | empty title | epithet | eponym | euonym | expression | feather | fingering | fixing | form | genre | genus | grain | handle | hint | honorific | hyponym | identification | ilk | indication | indicativeness | kidney | kin | kind | label | line | lot | make | manifestation | manner | mark | meaning | mold | moniker | name | namesake | naming | nature | nicknaming | nomen | nomen nudum | nomination | number | ordainment | ordination | persuasion | phylum | picking out | pigeonhole | pigeonholing | pinning down | pointing | pointing out | pointing to | posting | precision | proper name | proper noun | proposal | race | recognition | scientific name | secret name | selection | shape | show | showing | signification | sort | species | specification | stamp | stipulation | strain | stripe | style | styling | suggestion | symptomaticness | tabbing | tag | tautonym | terming | the like of | the likes of | title | transferral | tribe | trinomen | trinomial name | type | variety See Also | cognomen | conclusion | co-optation | co-option | decision | delegacy | determination | diagnosing | diagnosis | finding | moniker | name | nickname | nomination | ordinance | ordination | sobriquet | soubriquet | title Designation In Webster's Dictionary \Des`ig*na"tion\, n. [L. designatio: cf. F.
d['e]signation.]
1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing;
indication.
2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment;
direction.
3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name;
distinctive title; appellation.
The usual designation of the days of the week.
--Whewell.
4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as
of a word or phrase.
Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed
primarily, in their first designation, only to those
things have parts. --Locke.
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