Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to designate
Participle: designated
Gerund: designating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | designate |
| you | designate |
| he;she;it | designates |
| we | designate |
| you | designate |
| they | designate |
Perfect
| I | have designated |
| you | have designated |
| he;she;it | has designated |
| we | have designated |
| you | have designated |
| they | have designated |
Past
| I | designated |
| you | designated |
| he;she;it | designated |
| we | designated |
| you | designated |
| they | designated |
Pluperfect
| I | had designated |
| you | had designated |
| he;she;it | had designated |
| we | had designated |
| you | had designated |
| they | had designated |
Future
| I | will designate |
| you | will designate |
| he;she;it | will designate |
| we | will designate |
| you | will designate |
| they | will designate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have designated |
| you | will have designated |
| he;she;it | will have designated |
| we | will have designated |
| you | will have designated |
| they | will have designated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | designate |
| you | designate |
| he;she;it | designate |
| we | designate |
| you | designate |
| they | designate |
Perfect
| I | have designated |
| you | have designated |
| he;she;it | have designated |
| we | have designated |
| you | have designated |
| they | have designated |
Imperfect
| I | designated |
| you | designated |
| he;she;it | designated |
| we | designated |
| you | designated |
| they | designated |
Pluperfect
| I | had designated |
| you | had designated |
| he;she;it | had designated |
| we | had designated |
| you | had designated |
| they | had designated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would designate |
| you | would designate |
| he;she;it | would designate |
| we | would designate |
| you | would designate |
| they | would designate |
Perfect
| I | would have designated |
| you | would have designated |
| he;she;it | would have designated |
| we | would have designated |
| you | would have designated |
| they | would have designated |
Imperative
| you | designate |
| we | Let's designate |
| you | designate |
Verbs conjugated like 'designate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'designate'
delignate,
deligate,
demigrate,
denigrate,
desiccate,
destinate,
obsignate,
redesignate,
resinate,
deaminate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- call by a distinctive title
- denominate
- set apart for a purpose or duty
- set apart
- to give a name to
- bename, call, clepe, denominate, dub, entitle, name, nominate, style, term
- name
- appoint, indicate, finger, make, nominate, tap
- allocate
- earmark
- commission
- delegate, constitute
Antonyms
- name
- hint, suggest, shadow, person
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēsignātus, perfect passive participle of designō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of design.
Sample Sentences
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[...] once again before the merchant tailor 's, and having done so, crossed over to the city in the ferry-boat: passing, on the way, a spot called Bloody Island, the duelling-ground of St. Louis, and so designated in honour of the last fatal combat fought there, which was with pistols, breast to breast. Both combatants fell dead upon the ground; and possibly some rational people may think of them, as of the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the solemn, heart-felt manner struck her. Eva had been unusually bright and cheerful, that afternoon, and had sat raised in her bed, and looked over all her little trinkets and precious things, and designated the friends to whom she would have them given; and her manner was more animated, and her voice more natural, than they had known it for weeks. Her father had been in, in the evening, and had said [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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St. Clare took the book and glanced at the place, and began reading one of the passages which Tom had designated by the heavy marks around it. It ran as follows:
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)