designateとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (adjective) (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛzɪɡ.nət/, /ˈdɛzɪɡ.neɪt/
• (verb) (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛzɪɡ.neɪt/

形容詞

designate (not comparable)

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)

2. (Britain) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.

動詞

designate (三人称単数 現在形 designates, 現在分詞 designating, 過去形および過去分詞形 designated)

1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

   to designate the boundaries of a country

   to designate the rioters who are to be arrested

2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
   • 1912, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine, Stratemeyer Syndicate:

     "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.

3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

同意語

• (mark out かつ make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
• (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (set apart for a purpose または duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

派生語

• designated driver
• designated hitter

関連する語

• codesignative
• designation
• designative
• designatum

Further reading

• designate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

動詞

dēsīgnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēsīgnō

参照

• designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette