Designate | Mean of designate in English Dictionary

/ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪt/

• Verb
• to officially choose (someone or something) to do or be something
1. It might be difficult to designate [=select] an appropriate place for the event.
2. We need to designate [=appoint] a new leader.
3. money designated [=set aside] for the scholarship fund
4. He was designated team captain. = He was designated as team captain. [=he was made team captain]
5. The park has been designated as a wildlife refuge.
6. He was designated to be team captain.
• to call (something or someone) by a particular name or title
1. We designated [=named] the first one “alpha.”
2. The four parts were designated A, B, C, and D in the diagram.
• to be used as a name for (something or someone)
1. The word eventually came to designate [=refer to] any kind of mistake.

• to mark, show, or represent (something)
1. The wooden stakes designate the edge of the building site.
2. Free items are designated by blue stickers.
3. The state capital is designated [=indicated] by a star.
• chosen for a particular job but not officially doing that job yet
1. the governor designate [=the governor elect]