designation
About 4.98 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An act or instance of designating
- noun Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
His designation as chief justice was controversial.
- noun That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- noun Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.
- noun Purpose, aim, intention.
- noun ↑ “designation, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Similar words
identification appellation naming denomination appellative assignment appointment designator designated designate
Often followed by
of for is as and in was by to
Word family
designations
Save “designation” to learn later