Designation

//dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən//

Synonyms for "designation" (142 found)

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Translations

44 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • предназначение noun (use or application)
  • цел noun (indication)

Danish

2 entries
  • benævnelse noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • betegnelse noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Dutch

1 entries
  • benaming noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Finnish

4 entries
  • merkitys noun (use or application)
  • nimike noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • nimittäminen noun (selection and appointment for a purpose, allotment)
  • nimitys noun (distinguishing mark or name)

French

2 entries
  • appellation noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • indication noun (indication)

German

2 entries
  • Benennung noun (indication)
  • Benennung noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • heiti noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Italian

4 entries
  • appellativo noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • designazione noun (selection and appointment for a purpose, allotment)
  • designazione noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • indicazione noun (indication)

Latin

1 entries
  • vocāmen noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Māori

1 entries
  • tautapatanga noun (selection and appointment for a purpose, allotment)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • benevning noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • betegnelse noun (indication)
  • nemning noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Polish

3 entries
  • desygnacja noun (selection and appointment for a purpose, allotment)
  • desygnacja noun (use or application)
  • oznaczenie noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Russian

4 entries
  • назва́ние noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • обозначе́ние noun (indication)
  • обозначе́ние noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • предназначе́ние noun (selection and appointment for a purpose, allotment)

Spanish

1 entries
  • designación noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Swedish

3 entries
  • benämning noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • beteckning noun (indication)
  • beteckning noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Turkish

4 entries
  • adlandırma noun (indication)
  • adlandırma noun (distinguishing mark or name)
  • isimlendirme noun (indication)
  • isimlendirme noun (distinguishing mark or name)

Sample sentences

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With North Korea's announcement on the 26th of its nuclear development plan based upon the agreement stemming from the Six Party Talks, and the United States' commencement of procedures to remove North Korea from its designation on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the families of abductees have expressed growing unease that it may constitute an abandonment of the abductee issue.

Source: tatoeba (393896)

They do not preach by name or designation.

Source: tatoeba (978209)

One day two impeccably dressed young men arrived at the home of Mary and Tom. Opening the door, Mary saw they were both wearing name tags identifying them as "Elders." Mary giggled; to her eyes, this designation seemed slightly ludicrous, as Elder Hinton was 19 and Elder Bauer was 18.

Source: tatoeba (5319236)

The designation is given to places that are deemed to have “outstanding universal value to humanity.”

Source: tatoeba (8110422)

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