Definitions of designate

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

2. 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.

3. To call by a distinctive title; to name.

4. To indicate by marks, lines, or a description, the limits of; point out; distinguish; name.

5. To mark out so as to make known: to show: to name.

6. To point out; name.

7. To point out; name; appoint.

8. decree or designate beforehand; " She was destined to become a great pianist"

9. To point out; to indicate by lines, marks, or a description; to appoint; to assign; to name.

10. To mark out or show; to distinguish by marks or description; to name; to point out.

11. DESIGNATOR.

12. appointed but not yet installed in office

13. Appointed.