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# designate

verb (designate, designates, designated, designating); adjective (after a noun, formal: president-designate)

«designate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#m1)
2. To mark or name something in a special way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#m2)
3. (adjective, formal) Chosen for a job but not started yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#m3)

### In the lessons

In safety and rules: "designated area", "designated driver" (one who stays sober), "designated play zone". In maths: "let x designate the number". Phrases: designated area, designated driver, designate as.

### Examples

- Bikes must be left in the designated area. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x1)
- The park was designated a nature reserve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x2)
- Smoking is only allowed in designated places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x3)
- She was designated team captain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x4)
- Let y designate the number of oranges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x5)
- Dad was the designated driver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x6)
- In earlier times, by which name our aunt used to designate thirty years ago, she and the before-mentioned Herr Sivertsen had been younger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/#x7)

### Note

Verb said "DEZ-ig-nate". Noun: designation. Formal; plain words: choose, name, set aside. "Designated area" is common on signs.

## In Jewish tradition

In safety and rules: "designated area", "designated driver" (one who stays sober), "designated play zone". In maths: "let x designate the number". Phrases: designated area, designated driver, designate as.

### Examples

- The Hebrew language and its characters correspond mostly with the things they designate, and thus holy thoughts, Hebrew language (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/designate/#x1)

### Note

Verb said "DEZ-ig-nate". Noun: designation. Formal; plain words: choose, name, set aside. "Designated area" is common on signs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «designate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/designate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«designate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/designate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «designate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/designate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«designate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/designate.html) on Mova free.