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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Designation \Des`ig*na"tion\, n. [L. designatio: cf. F.
     d['e]signation.]
     1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing;
        indication.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment;
        direction.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name;
        distinctive title; appellation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The usual designation of the days of the week.
                                                    --Whewell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as
        of a word or phrase.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed
              primarily, in their first designation, only to those
              things which have parts.              --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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 putting a person into a non-elective position;
          "the appointment had to be approved by the whole
          committee" [syn: appointment, assignment, naming]
       3: the act of designating or identifying something [syn: identification]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  designation
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ο χαρακτηρισμός, η κατασήμανση
     2 η επιλογή και ο ορισμός ρόλος, θέσης εργασίας, ιδιότητας

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  designation
     n.
     1 An act or instance of designate
     2 Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
     3 That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive
  title; appellation.
     4 signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  designation
     n.
     1 An act or instance of designate
     2 Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
     3 That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive
  title; appellation.
     4 signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  designation
     n.
     1 An act or instance of designate
     2 Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
     3 That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive
  title; appellation.
     4 signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  designation
     n.
     1 An act or instance of designate
     2 Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
     3 That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive
  title; appellation.
     4 signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  designation
     Englanti n.
     1 merkintä, nimi, nimitys
     2 määrääminen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
  التعيين

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  designation //dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən// 
  1. цел
  indication
  2. предназначение
  use or application

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/ 
  ustanovení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/ 
  jmenování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
  Bezeichnung , Benennung 
        "tyre/tire size designation"  - Bezeichnung der Reifengröße
        "designation by number"  - Benennung mit Zahlen
        "designation by letter"  - Benennung mit Buchstaben
     Synonym: designating
  
   see: designations, designatings, pin designation
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
  Widmung , Ausweisung  [adm.]
           Note: für einen Zweck
           Note: for a purpose

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
   [formal] Bestimmung , Festlegung 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  designation //dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən// 
  1. nimike, nimitys, titteli, virkanimike
  distinguishing mark or name
  2. osoittaminen
  indication
  3. nimittäminen
  selection and appointment for a purpose, allotment
  4. merkitys
  use or application

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/ 
  1. पदवी
        "We must give our designation on the top of every official letter."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
  oznaka, oznaku

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
  1. megnevezés
  2. név
  3. rendeltetés
  4. megjelölés
  5. kinevezés
  6. kijelölés

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  designation //dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən// 
  1. benevning, nemning
  distinguishing mark or name
  2. betegnelse
  indication

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  designation /ˌdezɪˈgneɪʃən/ 
    mianowanie

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  designation //dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən// 
  1. benämning, beteckning
  distinguishing mark or name
  2. beteckning
  indication

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  designation /dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən/
  1. atama, tayin, tahsis
  2. atanma, tayin edilme, seçilme
  3. isim, ünvan, lakap.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌdɛzəɡˈneɪʃən/, /ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  DESIGNATION, wills. The expression used by a testator, instead of the name 
  of the person or the thing he is desirous to name; for example, a legacy to. 
  the eldest son of such a person, would be a designation of the legatee. Vide 
  1 Rop. Leg. ch. 2. 
       2. A bequest of the farm which the testator bought of such a person; or 
  of the picture he owns, painted by such an artist, would be a designation of 
  the thing devised or bequeathed. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  121 Moby Thesaurus words for "designation":
     allocation, appellation, appellative, appointment, assignment,
     attribution, baptism, binomen, binomial name, blood, brand, breed,
     byword, calling, cast, character, characterization, christening,
     clan, classification, cognomen, color, cryptonym, definition,
     denomination, denotation, description, determination,
     differentiation, disclosure, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym,
     expression, feather, fingering, fixing, form, genre, genus, grain,
     handle, hint, honorific, hyponym, identification, ilk, indication,
     indicativeness, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, lot, make,
     manifestation, manner, mark, meaning, mold, moniker, name,
     namesake, naming, nature, nicknaming, nomen, nomen nudum,
     nomination, number, ordainment, ordination, persuasion, phylum,
     picking out, pigeonhole, pigeonholing, pinning down, pointing,
     pointing out, pointing to, posting, precision, proper name,
     proper noun, proposal, race, recognition, scientific name,
     secret name, selection, shape, show, showing, signification, sort,
     species, specification, stamp, stipulation, strain, stripe, style,
     styling, suggestion, symptomaticness, tabbing, tag, tautonym,
     terming, the like of, the likes of, title, transferral, tribe,
     trinomen, trinomial name, type, variety
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 指示,指定,指名;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 指示,指定,指名

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