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adjective

as in specified

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verb

past tense of designate
1
as in set
to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority the designated time for the meeting

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2
as in appointed
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm

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3
as in named
to give a name to he was designated "Air Jordan" by his fans

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Recent Examples of designated
Adjective
Rounded tables naturally encourage conversation and connection because everyone faces one another equally; there's no designated head of the table, and, as Austin points out, there are no bad seats. — Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2026
Verb
Choose a location, designated Dark Sky Place or another area shown as dark on a light-pollution map. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 The team designated right-hander Bryse Wilson for assignment to make room for Woodford on the roster. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 To make room on the A’s 40-man roster for Kuroda-Grauer, reliever Michael Kelly was designated for assignment. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026 The Royals designated Cerantola for assignment last Thursday. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 The Dodgers also designated catcher Chuckie Robinson for assignment and added right-hander Carlos Duran to the 40-man roster. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 After joining the Blue Jays to eat some important innings as the team struggled to field a healthy pitching staff, Voth was designated for assignment by the team twice before leaving for the Minnesota Twins. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 There was no immediate explanation for the ships that turned back on Friday and Saturday, though Iran has repeatedly said that vessels should only transit the strait through the route designated and authorized by the Islamic Republic. — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Aloha Kamoʻoalewa Also this weekend, the China National Space Administration announced that its Tianwen-2 spacecraft had reached within 20 km of another near-Earth asteroid designated 469219 Kamoʻoalewa. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for designated
  1. specified
  2. set
  3. appointed
  4. named
  5. picked
  6. nominated
  7. labeled
  8. selected
Adjective
  • If the business reimburses the capital within a specified window, Magellan charges zero interest.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
  • Mayor Steven Meiner asked city staff to explore requiring developers to obtain all necessary approvals within a specified timeframe before receiving the zoning incentives.
    — Sofia Baltodano, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of specified
Verb
  • The fall occurred just hours after Calleja set a personal best in the Gold Coast half-marathon, 7 News reported.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • Ngo was conscious to include not only female designers (historically underrepresented in cutlery design), but also those who would use the brief to make a typical Western cutlery set more applicable to different cultures.
    — Jessica Salter, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of set
Verb
  • After the independence resolution was proposed, in June 1776, Congress appointed the Committee of Five (John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman) to draft the Declaration.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026
  • And then there’s coach Mohamed Ouahbi – only appointed in March this year but who had been well established within the national team set-up – who has quickly made his stylistic mark.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of appointed
Verb
  • During Thursday evening’s Board of Commissioners meeting, officials unanimously, and with no additional discussion, approved Johnston’s exit agreement and named Assistant County Administrator Alan Howze as his replacement for the rest of the year.
    — Sofi Zeman July 2, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • The birds — a female named Långet, and two males named Mames and Sindålu — made their home on the island with the six other birds in September 2024, marking the first time since 1988 that Guam kingfishers have lived in the wild.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of named
Verb
  • The Seattle Mariners were one of the teams that most people picked to win the World Series, or at least make a deep run into the playoffs.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Mengel, who has directed such drama series as My Different Ways and Supplex, and his creative collaborators will bring The Guest to the Czech spa town as the first Danish film picked for Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe Competition since 2015.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • Winning another Emmy is off the table, though, making this a race between the gifted Seehorn, a perennial Emmy underachiever, and Russell, nominated five times as actor and still looking for her first trophy.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Plus, which Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Actress contenders at the Oscars this year could potentially see double nomination now that the Academy has lifted its ban on actors being nominated multiple times in the same category.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 July 2026
Definition of nominated
Verb
  • Daniela DaSuta, founder of SommSpace in Austin, recommends looking for wines labeled Alto Adige, Collio, Collio Goriziano or Friuli Colli Orientali, all benchmark areas for the variety.
    — Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • He's been labeled a hoaxer and scammer by some, but that has done nothing to slow him down.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of labeled
Verb
  • But Charania reported that the Celtics kept seeing what was out there for Brown, whom Boston selected with the third overall choice in the 2016 draft.
    — Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • In the fourth round of the NFL Draft, the Chiefs selected Oregon cornerback Jadon Canady.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of selected

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