designate Definition

designate
verb designated, designating

1. To name, choose or specify someone or something for a particular purpose or duty.

Thesaurus: appoint, nominate, elect, choose, assign, authorize, name, earmark.
2. To mark or indicate something.

Thesaurus: point out, indicate, specify, stipulate.
3. To be a name or label for someone or something.

Thesaurus: name, dub, label, christen, term.

adj

1. Having been appointed to some official position but not yet holding it.

Example: editor designate

Derivative: designation
noun

Etymology: 18c: from Latin designare, designatum to plan or mark out.