Definitions from Wiktionary (designate)

▸ adjective:  Designated; appointed; chosen.
▸ adjective:  (UK) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
▸ verb:  To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
▸ verb:  To call by a distinctive title; to name.
▸ verb:  To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
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