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Designation

//dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən// noun

Noun

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An act or instance of designating countable, uncountable
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the act of designating or identifying something wordnet
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Selection and appointment for a purpose or office. countable, uncountable
"His designation as chief justice was controversial."
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the act of putting a person into a non-elective position wordnet
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That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. countable, uncountable
"The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]"

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identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others wordnet
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Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase. countable, uncountable
"It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term."

Borrowed from Middle French designation, from Latin designatio. Morphologically designate + -ion.

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