designation
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designation
- /dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English designacioun, from Latin dēsignātiō, and partly (especially in sense 5) from design + -ation. By surface analysis, designate + -ion.
noun designations
- An act or instance of designating
- Selection and appointment for a purpose or office. His designation as chief justice was controversial.
- That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]
- Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase. It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term.
- Purpose, aim, intention. Deſignation, or Deſign, (Lat[in] and French) a purpoſing or contriving.
