The meaning of DESIGNATE is to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty. How to use designate in a sentence.

DESIGNATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of designate 2. to choose someone officially to do a particular…. Learn more.

To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose: designated a delegate to represent our department; designated funds for the project. See Synonyms at allocate, appoint.

To designate is to give something a specific status. If you designate your house an opera-free zone, it means that you've officially declared that no opera is allowed to be played there.

If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose.

Definition of designate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

DESIGNATE definition: to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify. See examples of designate used in a sentence.