Blue lines on the map designate rivers.
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Designate
//ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət//
Synonyms for "designate" (122 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
89 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- именувам verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- назначавам verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- обозначавам verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- означа́вам verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 分配 verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
- 劃定 /划定 verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- 命名 verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- 指定 verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
Czech
4 entries- jmenovat verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
- označit verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- označit verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- ustanovit verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
Dutch
4 entries- aanduiden als verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- benoemen verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- bepalen verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- noemen verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
Finnish
4 entries- korvamerkitä verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
- merkitä verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- määrittää verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- nimetä verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
French
1 entries- désigner verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
Galician
3 entries- designar verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- designar verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- designar verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
German
4 entries- ansetzen verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- ausersehen verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
- ausweisen verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- ausweisen verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
Gothic
4 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
Hindi
1 entries- नियुक्त करना verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
Ido
1 entries- titulizar verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
Japanese
3 entries- 指定する verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
- 示す verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- 称する verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
Kazakh
1 entries- тағайындау verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
Latin
2 entries- addīcō verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
- dēsignō verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- designéieren verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
Māori
1 entries- tautapa verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- betegne verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
Portuguese
3 entries- designar verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- designar verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- designar verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
Romanian
4 entries- denumi verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- desemna verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- desemna verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- desemna verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
Russian
4 entries- именова́ть verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- назнача́ть verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
- называ́ть verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- ука́зывать verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
Spanish
3 entries- designar verb (to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate)
- designar verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
- designar verb (to indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty)
Swedish
1 entries- utpeka verb (to call by a distinctive title; to name)
Sample sentences
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The blue lines on the map designate rivers.
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The World Health Organization will decide Thursday whether to designate the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency.
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Each football team needs to designate a captain.
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