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Definition of Designation
1. Noun. Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others.
Generic synonyms: Name
Specialized synonyms: Street Name, Byname, Cognomen, Moniker, Nickname, Sobriquet, Soubriquet, Form Of Address, Title, Title Of Respect, Title
Derivative terms: Appellative, Denominate, Designate
2. Noun. The act of putting a person into a non-elective position. "The appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Decision, Determination
Specialized synonyms: Nomination, Co-optation, Co-option, Delegacy, Ordinance, Ordination, Recognition
Derivative terms: Assign, Designate, Name, Name
3. Noun. The act of designating or identifying something.
Generic synonyms: Determination, Finding
Specialized synonyms: Diagnosing, Diagnosis
Derivative terms: Designate, Identify, Identify, Identify
Definition of Designation
1. n. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
Definition of Designation
1. Noun. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. ¹
2. Noun. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. ¹
3. Noun. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. ¹
4. Noun. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Designation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Designation
Literary usage of Designation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Aerospace Year Book (1919)
"designation OF AEROPLANES SIMILAR to the system used in designating various models
of automobiles and motors in a series, the designation of aeroplanes is ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"While it is possible that the name was an official designation, it is better
taken as meaning "inhabitants of Erech" (see APHARSACHITES) . ..."
3. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1914)
"designation OF NEWSPAPERS. § 28. designation of Newspapers.— a Courts of bankruptcy
shall by order designate a newspaper published within their respective ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... with the second section of the act, a survey na<1 been made of the several
lots reported by toe remisier, with a designation or a plat of the lot ..."
5. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Hence the term is olien used colloquially as a designation of prohibitory laws
in general, as one would say, " Kansas, or Iowa, has adopted a ' Maine' law. ..."
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