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Meanings of designate in English

Catalan
assignar
Spanish
asignar

To give something to (a person), or assign a task to (a person).

assignar
Spanish
destinar

Decree or designate beforehand.

destinar
Synonyms
Examples for "delegate"
Examples for "delegate"
1
This year we will continue to streamline administration and delegate government powers.
Reuters
2
Now I will vote yes, said one delegate after hearing Gabriel's speech.
Reuters
3
They surrender rather than delegate responsibility to others It's always your money.
News.com.au
4
At times five different sessions are vying for the distracted delegate's attention.
The Guardian
5
Marshall Islands delegate Emma Kabua Tibon said more needed to be done.
Radio NZ
1
The latter are used to assign different pseudocolors to specific chromosomal regions.
Pubmed
2
This has allowed the state to assign resources to upgrade farming infrastructure.
Reuters
3
A sealed envelope was used to assign patients to each intervention group.
Pubmed
4
We will now assign the berths in the steerage to the crew.
Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Ad...
5
Segmentation results from successive frames are used to assign correspondences among MTs.
Pubmed
1
The Sheriff-depute of the county arrived at Ellangowan next morning by daybreak.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
2
He worked as both a procurator fiscal depute and a hotel manager.
The Guardian
3
Always depute that part of your work which somebody else can do.'
The Gold of Chickaree
4
In 1822 he became one of the four advocates-depute for Scotland.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
5
I feared the disagreeableness of the duty might make you depute your under-sheriff.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
Portuguese
destinar
Catalan
destinar
Spanish
destinar

Design or destine.

destinar
Portuguese
mostrar
Catalan
assenyalar
Spanish
demostrar

Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.

mostrar
Usage of designate in English
1
Each abelan is different and is used to designate a particular individual.
The Shelters of Stone
2
We start this week with good wishes for First Minister-designate Peter Robinson.
The Irish Times
3
It is not known whether she attended a principal designate assessment centre.
The Guardian
4
You can designate the organizations to receive the money at any point.
Reuters
5
Can a donor designate their body for research on a specific disease?
Reuters
6
We need to designate a spokesperson, and put together a media plan.
The cold light of mourning
7
The IPCC is now calling on Duchas to designate the new sites.
The Irish Times
8
This name is used in Mindanao and Joló to designate certain chiefs.
History of the Philippine Islands
9
The newspaper's supervisory board will designate the winner on Monday June 28.
Reuters
10
The histologically descriptive term hobnail hemangioma is proposed to designate these lesions.
Pubmed
11
Now tell me where I am to find the brick you designate.
The Mayor's Wife
12
The three names grew afterwards to designate three different orders of ascetics.
The Hermits
13
The consul-designate was a little disarmed by this straightforward mode of procedure.
A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
14
He will be succeeded by the chief executive designate, Mr Ned Sullivan.
The Irish Times
15
He is understood to be the skipper designate for the Galway campaign.
The Irish Times
16
This allows users to designate variables and the relationships between these variables.
Wired
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Designate through the time
Designate across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common