designateとは

発音

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

形容詞

designate (not comparable)

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

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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 name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify

   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, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1

     "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

• name
• denominate
• style
• entitle
• characterize
• describe
• denote

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

dēsignāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēsignō

参照

• designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “designate” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)