designation

Borrowed from Middle French designation, from Latin designatio. Morphologically designate +‎ -ion

• IPA^(key): /dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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designation (countable and uncountable, plural designations)

1. An act or instance of designating

   Synonym: indication

2. Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.

   His designation as chief justice was controversial.

   • July 2021, Omar Marrero, quoted in CyberNews

     The designation of funds by Governor Pedro Pierluisi will also allow non-profit entities to continue providing services to communities

3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 144:

     Man is the most aggressive animal in the sea (and on the land as well), and all the "man-eater" stories in history will not change this designation.

4. Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.
   • 1953, Jacob Hooper Wise, The Meaning in Reading:

     It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term.

• See also Thesaurus:name

• Bayer designation

• “designation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.