DESIGNATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does designation mean? 

• DESIGNATION (noun)
  The noun DESIGNATION has 3 senses:

1. identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

2. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

3. the act of designating or identifying something

  Familiarity information: DESIGNATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESIGNATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

appellation; appellative; denomination; designation

Hypernyms ("designation" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "designation"):

street name (an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods))

byname; cognomen; moniker; nickname; sobriquet; soubriquet (a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name))

form of address; title; title of respect (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General')

title (an appellation signifying nobility)

Derivation:

designate (assign a name or title to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of putting a person into a non-elective position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

appointment; assignment; designation; naming

Context example:

the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

Hypernyms ("designation" is a kind of...):

conclusion; decision; determination (the act of making up your mind about something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "designation"):

nomination (the act of officially naming a candidate)

co-optation; co-option (the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent))

delegacy (the appointment of a delegate)

ordinance; ordination (the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders)

recognition (designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body)

Derivation:

designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of designating or identifying something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

designation; identification

Hypernyms ("designation" is a kind of...):

determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "designation"):

diagnosing; diagnosis (identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon)

Derivation:

designate (assign a name or title to)

 Context examples 

The designation for each member of the third smallest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 20, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the second smallest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 21, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the smallest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 22, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the third largest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 3, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the second largest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 2, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the nineteenth largest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 19, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the fifteenth largest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 15, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the sixteenth largest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 16, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the seventeenth largest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 17, NCI Thesaurus)

The designation for each member of the eighteenth largest human autosomal chromosome pair.

(Chromosome 18, NCI Thesaurus)