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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "designate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāύ⧋āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to choose someone for a certain position or task
Ditransitive: to designate sb to do sth
Transitive: to designate sb for sth
to designate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee will designate a spokesperson to address the media.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽāύ⧋āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to choose or intend something for a specific purpose or role
Transitive: to designate sth as sth | to designate sth for a purpose
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist designated her final painting as a gift for the museum.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧁āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽāύ⧋āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to officially give a specific title, term, or label to someone or something
Ditransitive: to designate sb/sth a title
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was designated the team captain by her coach.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āϚ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻŽāύ⧋āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to show or indicate the exact location of something
Transitive: to designate a location or spot
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The guide designated the entrance to the museum on the map.
āĻ—āĻžāχāĻĄ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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officially chosen or named for a position but not yet formally in office

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is the designate manager, starting her duties next week.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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