to designate something (as) something

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• designate — designates, designating, designated (The verb is pronounced [[t]de̱zɪgneɪt[/t]]. The adjective is pronounced [[t]de̱zɪgnət[/t]].) 1) VERB When you designate someone or something, you formally give them a particular description or name. [V n as n] …   English dictionary

• designate — I UK [ˈdezɪɡneɪt] / US [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms designate : present tense I/you/we/they designate he/she/it designates present participle designating past tense designated past participle designated * 1) to formally choose… …   English dictionary

• designate — des|ig|nate1 [ˈdezıgneıt] v [T usually passive] 1.) to choose someone or something for a particular job or purpose be designated sth ▪ The lake was recently designated a conservation area. designate sth as/for sth ▪ Funds were designated for… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• designate — 1 verb (T) 1 to choose someone or something for a particular job or purpose: designate sth as/for: We re going to designate this room as a no smoking area. | designate sb to do sth: She has been designated to take over the position of treasurer.… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• designate — ▪ I. designate des‧ig‧nate 1 [ˈdezɪgneɪt] verb [transitive] JOBS to choose someone or something for a particular job or purpose: • Mr Timmer has been designated to succeed Mr van der Klugt. • The government designated the aircraft industry as a… …   Financial and business terms

• designate — des|ig|nate1 [ dezıg,neıt ] verb transitive * 1. ) to formally choose someone or something for a particular purpose: Nobody has yet been designated as group leader. social workers designated to work with difficult children 2. ) FORMAL to give… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• designate — [ˈdezɪgˌneɪt] verb [T] 1) to formally choose someone or something for a particular purpose 2) formal to give someone or something a particular name designation [ˌdezɪgˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• designate — / dezɪgneɪt/ verb to identify something or someone in a particular way …   Marketing dictionary in english

• point something out — IDENTIFY, show, designate, draw attention to, indicate, specify, detail, mention. → point …   Useful english dictionary

• Dilthey, Wilhelm — Dilthey Michael Lessnoff INTRODUCTION Wilhelm Dilthey was born in 1833 near Wiesbaden, and thus lived through the period of Bismarck’s creation of a unified German Empire by ‘blood and iron’. These turbulent events, however, scarcely perturbed… …   History of philosophy

• symbol — /sim beuhl/, n., v., symboled, symboling or (esp. Brit.) symbolled, symbolling. n. 1. something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign. 2.… …   Universalium