designated
- 1Officially chosen or named for a particular role, purpose, or category.
Each delegate spoke from the designated podium at the front of the hall.
Employees may eat only in the designated break rooms during their shifts.
Similarassigned, allocated, specified, appointed, official
Oppositeunofficial, unassigned
- 2Simple past and past participle of designate.
The mayor designated the old mill a historic landmark last year.
These wetlands were designated a protected reserve in 1998.
Note
One form covers both the plain past and the passive: the council designated the site, and the site was designated a reserve. When the choice is a duty rather than a label, it takes for or to, as in an officer designated for the command of a post. In British usage, designate placed after a title (a minister designate) means chosen but not yet in office. The adjective comes before its noun instead.
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designated is a form of designate
designate, verb: To set apart or assign someone or something for a particular purpose or duty, often with to or for. Full entry
- Forms
- designatedesignates he/she/itdesignating -ing formdesignated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- designate → designated: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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