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des·ig·na·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
designation
Name in the most general sense, signifying the word by which a person or thing is called or known, includes all other words of this group; in this sense every noun is a name; in the more limited sense a name is personal, an appellation is descriptive, a title is official. In the phrase William the Conqueror, King of England, William is the man's name, which belongs to him personally, independently of any rank or achievement; Conqueror is the appellation which he won by his acquisition of England; King is the title denoting his royal rank. An epithet (Greek epitheton, something added, from epi, on, and tithemi, put) is something placed upon a person or thing; the epithet does not strictly belong to an object like a name, but is given to mark some assumed characteristic, good or bad; an epithet is always an adjective, or a word or phrase used as an adjective, and is properly used to emphasize a characteristic but not to add information, as in the phrase "the sounding sea;" the idea that an epithet is always opprobrious, and that any word used opprobriously is an epithet is a popular error. Designation may be used much in the sense of appellation, but is more distinctive or specific in meaning; a designation properly so called rests upon some inherent quality, while an appellation may be fanciful. Among the Romans the prenomen was the individual part of a man's name, the "nomen" designated the gens to which he belonged, the cognomen showed his family and was borne by all patricians, and the agnomen was added to refer to his achievements or character. When scientists name an animal or a plant, they give it a binary or binomial technical name comprising a generic and a specific appellation. In modern use, a personal name, as John or Mary, is given in infancy, and is often called the given name or Christian name, or simply the first name (rarely the prenomen); the cognomen or surname is the family name which belongs to one by right of birth or marriage. Style is the legal designation by which a person or house is known in official or business relations; as, the name and style of Baring Brothers. The term denomination is applied to a separate religious organization, without the opprobrious meaning attaching to the word "sect;" also, to designate any class of like objects collectively, especially money or notes of a certain value; as, the sum was in notes of the denomination of one thousand dollars. Compare TERM.
Synonyms:
agnomen, appellation, cognomen, denomination, epithet, name, prenomen, style, surname, title
Princeton's WordNet
appellation, denomination, designation, appellativenoun
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
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appellation, appointment, appellative, identification, assignment, naming, denominationappointment, assignment, designation, namingnoun
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
"the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
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duty assignment, appellation, appointment, date, appellative, assigning, appointee, identification, assignment, naming, grant, fitting, engagement, denominationdesignation, identificationnoun
the act of designating or identifying something
Synonyms:
appellation, appointment, appellative, identification, assignment, naming, denomination, recognition
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
designationnoun
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indication, specificationdesignationnoun
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kind, class, descriptiondesignationnoun
Synonyms:
name, appellation, title, style, denomination, EPITHET
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "designation":
appointment, designating, nomination, appellation, designations, designate, naming, description, designated, name, denomination, appointing, identification, indication, charting, designator, title, posting, appoint
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#102 | date | |
#108 | name | |
#378 | title | |
#379 | description | |
#792 | style | |
#1732 | grant | |
#2143 | designated | |
#2781 | posting | |
#3212 | identification | |
#3426 | recognition | |
#4202 | appointment | |
#4632 | assignment | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#7772 | fitting | |
#8286 | indication | |
#8484 | surname | |
#8760 | designation | |
#9154 | nomination | |
#10535 | naming | |
#12149 | appoint | |
#13120 | designate | |
#17448 | assigning | |
#20632 | charting | |
#21675 | designations | |
#22154 | denomination | |
#24269 | designating | |
#24600 | appointing | |
#42041 | appointee | |
#50055 | designator | |
#52733 | appellation | |
#65142 | epithet | |
#307636 | cognomen |
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After the designation of the Acting IG was made, the matter came to the attention of new personnel in The White House, after they reevaluated the situation, the decision was made, in an abundance of caution, to rescind the designation.
It’s clear that the status quo isn’t working. WMD designation would allow the federal government to activate unused and under-used resources to stop illicit fentanyl before it ever reaches our border, [FAF] encourages the Biden Administration to take this decisive and necessary action, giving illicit fentanyl the WMD designation it deserves.
We know firsthand what happens when the law is abused for unworthy political purposes, the Grand Staircase Escalante designation and the recent controversial Bears Ears designation are key examples of this, and I am confident that the upcoming review will lead to positive outcomes for Utah and for those who call the beautiful Bears Ears area home.
Somehow, in the 21st century, we started naming ships with strange acronyms ... instead of from our naval traditions ... so we are going to change the hull designation of the ?#?LCS?? class ships to FF (frigate) ... appropriate and traditional name.
Ebrard is waiting to hear from Barr on what precisely such a designation will entail for Mexico given the lack of details and precedent such designation carries.
Translations for designation
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- تعيينArabic
- betegnelse, benævnelseDanish
- BenennungGerman
- ονομασίαGreek
- designaciónSpanish
- titteli, nimittäminen, nimitysFinnish
- la désignation, appellationFrench
- पदHindi
- penunjukanIndonesian
- heitiIcelandic
- designazioneItalian
- 指定Japanese
- 지정Korean
- benaming, aanwijzingDutch
- nemning, benevning, betegnelseNorwegian
- oznaczeniePolish
- designaçãoPortuguese
- указа́ние, предназначе́ние, обозначе́ние, назва́ниеRussian
- beteckning, benämningSwedish
- హోదాTelugu
- نامزدUrdu
- 指定Chinese
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