designate

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/
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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/
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• Australian: /ˈdez.ɪɡ.nət/
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• Australian: /ˈdez.ɪɡ.næɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH1 Z AH0 G N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D EH1 Z IH0 G N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin dēsignātus, perfect passive participle of designō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of design.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: означа́вам (označávam) — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Bulgarian: обозначавам (oboznačavam) — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Chinese Mandarin: 指定 (zhǐdìng) — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Chinese Mandarin: 劃定 /划定 (huàdìng) — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Czech: označit — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Czech: vymezit — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Dutch: bepalen — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Finnish: nimittää — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Finnish: valita — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Finnish: merkitä — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Finnish: määrittää — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Finnish: osoittaa — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• French: désigner — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Galician: designar — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: bestimmen — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: kennzeichnen — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: markieren — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: benennen — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: designieren — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: signieren — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: festlegen — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: vorsehen — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: ausweisen — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• German: ansetzen — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (namnjan) — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganamnjan) — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Japanese: 示す (shimesu) — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Latin: dēsignō — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Luxembourgish: designéieren — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Norwegian Bokmål: betegne — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Portuguese: designar — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Romanian: desemna — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Romanian: indica — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Romanian: designa — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Russian: ука́зывать (ukázyvatʹ) — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Spanish: designar — to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate
• Bulgarian: назначавам (naznačavam) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Bulgarian: именувам (imenuvam) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Chinese Mandarin: 稱呼 /称呼 (chēnghū) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Chinese Mandarin: 命名 (mìngmíng) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Czech: označit — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Dutch: noemen — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Dutch: benoemen — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Dutch: aanduiden als — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Finnish: nimittää — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Galician: designar — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• German: designieren — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• German: nominieren — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• German: nennen — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• German: bezeichnen — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• German: benennen — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• German: ernennen — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (namnjan) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganamnjan) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Ido: titulizar — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Japanese: 称する (shōsuru) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Portuguese: designar — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Romanian: desemna — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Romanian: numi — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Romanian: denumi — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Russian: называ́ть (nazyvátʹ) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Russian: именова́ть (imenovátʹ) — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Spanish: designar — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Swedish: utpeka — to call by a distinctive title; to name
• Bulgarian: определям (opredeljam) — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Bulgarian: предназначавам (prednaznačavam) — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Chinese Mandarin: 指定 (zhǐdìng) — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Chinese Mandarin: 分配 (fēnpèi) — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Czech: ustanovit — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Czech: jmenovat — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Finnish: nimittää — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Finnish: nimetä — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Finnish: korvamerkitä — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Galician: designar — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• German: vorsehen — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• German: bestimmen — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• German: ausersehen — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• German: designieren — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• German: einstufen — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• German: ausweisen — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Hindi: नियुक्त करना (niyukt karnā) — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Japanese: 指定する (shitei suru) — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Kazakh: тағайындау (tağaiyndau) — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Latin: addīcō — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Māori: tautapa — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Portuguese: designar — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Romanian: desemna — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Russian: назнача́ть (naznačátʹ) — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty
• Spanish: designar — to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty