Dictionary Definition
designation
Noun
1 identifying word or words by which someone or
something is called and classified or distinguished from others
[syn: appellation,
denomination,
appellative]
2 the act of putting a person into a non-elective
position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole
committee" [syn: appointment, assignment, naming]
3 the act of designating or identifying something
[syn: identification]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
- Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
- That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
Translations
The act of designating
Selection and appointment for a purpose
- Finnish: nimittäminen
That which designates
- Danish: betegnelse
- Finnish: nimitys, titteli
Use or application
External links
Extensive Definition
Designation may refer to:
- A professional certification
- United States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation
- An identifer for a part, unit, item, or assemby on an engineering drawing.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
allocation, appellation, appellative, appointment, assignment, attribution, baptism, binomen, binomial name, blood, brand, breed, byword, calling, cast, character, characterization,
christening,
clan, classification, cognomen, color, cryptonym, definition, denomination, denotation, description, determination, differentiation,
disclosure, empty
title, epithet, eponym, euonym, expression, feather, fingering, fixing, form, genre, genus, grain, handle, hint, honorific, hyponym, identification, ilk, indication, indicativeness, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, lot, make, manifestation, manner, mark, meaning, mold, moniker, name, namesake, naming, nature, nicknaming, nomen, nomen nudum, nomination, number, ordainment, ordination, persuasion, phylum, picking out, pigeonhole, pigeonholing, pinning down,
pointing, pointing out,
pointing to, posting,
precision, proper
name, proper noun, proposal, race, recognition, scientific
name, secret name, selection, shape, show, showing, signification, sort, species, specification, stamp, stipulation, strain, stripe, style, styling, suggestion, symptomaticness,
tabbing, tag, tautonym, terming, the like of, the likes
of, title, transferral, tribe, trinomen, trinomial name,
type, variety