Designation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Designation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
designation n identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others Synonym(s): appellation, denomination, designation, appellative the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" Synonym(s): appointment, assignment, designation, naming the act of designating or identifying something Synonym(s): designation, identification
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Designation \Des`igna"tion\, n. [L. designatio: cf. F. d[82]signation.] 1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation* of the days of the week. --Whewell. 4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things have parts. --Locke.