designate
part of speech
verb (designate, designates, designated, designating); adjective (after a noun, formal: president-designate)
meaning for a pupil
1) To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose. tree →
2) To mark or name something in a special way. tree →
3) (adjective, formal) Chosen for a job but not started yet. tree →
sense in the lessons
In safety and rules: "designated area", "designated driver" (one who stays sober), "designated play zone". In maths: "let x designate the number". Phrases: designated area, designated driver, designate as.
examples
- The Hebrew language and its characters correspond mostly with the things they designate, and thus holy thoughts, Hebrew language (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Bikes must be left in the designated area. tree →
- The park was designated a nature reserve. tree →
- Smoking is only allowed in designated places. tree →
- She was designated team captain. tree →
- Let y designate the number of oranges. tree →
- Dad was the designated driver. tree →
- In earlier times, by which name our aunt used to designate thirty years ago, she and the before-mentioned Herr Sivertsen had been younger. tree →
note
Verb said "DEZ-ig-nate". Noun: designation. Formal; plain words: choose, name, set aside. "Designated area" is common on signs.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «designate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.