Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Noun: designation  `dezig'neyshun
  1. Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
    - appellation, denomination, appellative
     
  2. The act of putting a person into a non-elective position
    - appointment, assignment, naming
     
  3. The act of designating or identifying something
    - identification

Derived forms: designations

See also: designate

Type of: conclusion, decision, determination, finding, name

Encyclopedia: Designation

Nearest

desiccator
desiderate
desiderative
desideratum
Desiderius Erasmus
design
design criteria
designate
designated driver
designated hitter
designation
designative
designator
designatum
designed
designedly
designee
designer
designer drug
designing
desinence