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designation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Designation \Des`ig*na"tion\, n. [L. designatio: cf F. d['e]signation.] 1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of the days of the week. --Whewell. 4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things have parts --Locke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: designation n 1: identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others [syn: {appellation}, {denomination}, {appellative}] 2: the act of designating 3: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approvied by the whole committee" [syn: {appointment}, {assignment}, {naming}] 4: the act of designating or identifying something [syn: {identification}]
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