designate
(adjective) appointed but not yet installed in office
intend, destine, designate, specify
(verb) design or destine; “She was intended to become the director”
destine, fate, doom, designate
(verb) decree or designate beforehand; “She was destined to become a great pianist”
indicate, point, designate, show
(verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; “I showed the customer the glove section”; “He pointed to the empty parking space”; “he indicated his opponents”
designate, denominate
(verb) assign a name or title to
delegate, designate, depute, assign
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
designate (not comparable)
Designated; appointed; chosen.
(UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
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.
• (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
• (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also denominate
• (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also set apart
Source: Wiktionary
Des"ig*nate, a. Etym: [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t.]
Definition: Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck.
Des"ig*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating.]
1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, 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.
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.
Syn.
– To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
