Designation - English meaning

ˌdez.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən

Designation – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The action of choosing someone to hold an office or post.
Usage examples:
A leader's designation of his own successor
Synonims:
AppointmentNominationSelectionChoiceChoosingPickingElectionNamingIdentifyingCo-optingInduction

noun
The act of choosing someone or something for a special job, or stating that something has a particular character or purpose
Usage examples:
[ c ] associate professor is her official designation (= title).

noun
An official title or name
Usage examples:
What's her official designation now she's been promoted?, the area qualifies for designation as a s…

noun
The act of designating a place or thing
Usage examples:
Designation as the area qualifies for designation as a site of special scientific interest.

Designation translation into English

Designation: translate from English into Chinese

指定, 称号, 定名

Designation: translate from English into Dutch

Aanduiding, Aanwijzing, Benaming

Designation: translate from English into French

La désignation, Désignation, Appellation

Designation: translate from English into German

Bezeichnung, Benennung, Bestimmung, Ernennung, Festlegung

Designation: translate from English into Hindi

पद, पदनाम, उपाधि, हिदायत, प्रयोजन, सूझाव, किसी पद पर नियुक्ति, चिह्न, संज्ञा, आदेश, लक्ष्य, नाम, ओहदा, अभिधान, नियुक्ति

Designation: translate from English into Italian

Designazione

Designation: translate from English into Korean

지정, 명칭, 임명

Designation: translate from English into Russian

Обозначение, Указание, Название, Определение, Маркировка, Предназначение, Знак, Называние, Десигнация, Назначение на должность, Указание профессии и адреса, Цель, Указание адреса, Имя

Designation: translate from English into Spanish

Designacion, Designación, Denominación, Nombramiento

Word origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of marking’): from Latin designatio(n- ), from the verb designare (see designate).

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Designation – similar words

designated

ˈdez.ɪɡ.neɪt

verb
Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.
Usage examples:
He was designated as prime minister

adjective
Appointed to an office or post but not yet installed.
Usage examples:
The director designate

verb
Past simple and past participle of designate
Usage examples:
Traditionally, the president designates his or her successor., thompson has been designated (as/to …

Designated - all meanings in English

designate

ˈdez.ɪɡ.neɪt

verb
Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.
Usage examples:
He was designated as prime minister

adjective
Appointed to an office or post but not yet installed.
Usage examples:
The director designate

verb
To choose someone or something for a special job or purpose, or to state that something has a particular character or purpose
Usage examples:
The chairman designated his daughter as his successor., north-south streets are designated by numbe…

Designate - all meanings in English

design

dɪˈzaɪn

noun
A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.
Usage examples:
He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

verb
Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.
Usage examples:
A number of architectural students were designing a factory

verb
The act of working out the form of something

Design - all meanings in English

Designation synonims

appointment

əˈpɔɪnt.mənt

noun
An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.
Usage examples:
She made an appointment with my receptionist

A meeting arranged in advance

noun
A formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time and place
Usage examples:
[ c ] i have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow.

Appointment - all meanings in English

choice

tʃɔɪs

noun
An act of choosing between two or more possibilities.
Usage examples:
The choice between good and evil

adjective
(especially of food) of very good quality.
Usage examples:
He picked some choice early plums

noun
An act of choosing; a decision
Usage examples:
[ c ] a difficult/easy choice, [ c ] when you’re trying to cut the budget deficit, you’ve got to ma…

Choice - all meanings in English

choosing

verb
Pick out (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives.
Usage examples:
He chose a seat facing the door

Present participle of choose

Choosing - all meanings in English

co-opting

verb
Present participle of co-opt
Usage examples:
She was co-opted on to the committee last june., whether they liked it or not, local people were co…

Co-opting - all meanings in English

election

iˈlek.ʃən

noun
A formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
Usage examples:
The 2008 local council elections

noun
The act or occasion of being chosen for a particular job, esp. by voting
Usage examples:
[ c ] congressional/presidential elections, [ u ] his election to the senate was all but assured., …

noun
A time when people vote to choose someone for an official job
Usage examples:
Have/hold an election by the time of the annual meeting we will be ready to hold elections for the …

Election - all meanings in English

identifying

verb
Establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.
Usage examples:
The judge ordered that the girl should not be identified

verb
Present participle of identify
Usage examples:
Even the smallest baby can identify its mother by her voice., the gunman in wednesday's attack has …

Identifying - all meanings in English

induction

noun
The action or process of inducting someone to a post or organization.
Usage examples:
Induction into membership of a masonic brotherhood

noun
The process of establishing an electrical current in an object by placing it near another object that has current in it
Usage examples:
[ u ] she is being considered for induction into the soccer hall of fame.

noun
A period of training during which a new employee learns about the company they are working for and the job they will be doing
Usage examples:
New employees undergo a two-week induction., induction into sth it is vital that the managing direc…

Induction - all meanings in English

naming

verb
Give a name to.
Usage examples:
Hundreds of diseases had not yet been isolated or named

noun
A word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to.
Usage examples:
My name is john parsons

noun
A famous person.
Usage examples:
The big race will lure the top names

Naming - all meanings in English

nomination

noun
The action of nominating or state of being nominated.
Usage examples:
Women's groups opposed the nomination of the judge

noun
An official suggestion that someone should be considered to do a particular job, take part in an election, receive an honour, etc.
Usage examples:
Nomination for sth these are the nominations for the outstanding achievement award this year., they…

Nomination - all meanings in English

picking

verb
Detach and remove (a flower, fruit, or vegetable) from where it is growing.
Usage examples:
I went to pick some flowers for jenny's room

noun
An act or the right of selecting something from a number of alternatives.
Usage examples:
take your pick from our extensive menu

noun
An act of blocking or screening a defensive player from the ball handler.
Usage examples:
In the triangle, players don't set picks off the ball.

Picking - all meanings in English

selection

noun
The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.
Usage examples:
Such men decided the selection of candidates

noun
The act of choosing, or the person or thing chosen
Usage examples:
[ c ] they performed a mix of old hits and selections from their new cd., [ c ] that bookstore has …

noun
The process of choosing someone or something from a group of people or things after careful thought
Usage examples:
The selection of sth/sb it is alleged that he tried to improperly influence the selection of a part…

Selection - all meanings in English

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