designate

adjective

  1. 1

    appointed but not yet installed in office

verb

  1. 1

    design or destine

    She was intended to become the director

  2. 2

    decree or designate beforehand

    She was destined to become a great pianist

  3. 3

    indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

    I showed the customer the glove section

    He pointed to the empty parking space

  4. 4

    assign a name or title to

  5. 5

    give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Synonyms

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