Thesaurus: designation

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1. n. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
2. n. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
3. n. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
4. n. Use or word/application">application; word/import">import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
5. n. word/identifying">identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
6. n. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
7. n. the act of designating or identifying something
8. 1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of the days of the week. Whewell. 4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things have parts. Locke.
9. n:100 n. the act of designating or identifying something