designate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
assign a name or title to
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- identification derivation
- designation derivation
- denomination derivation
- denomination derivation
- designative derivation
Sense 2 verb
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- appointment derivation
- delegacy derivation
- assignment derivation
- relegation derivation
- delegation derivation
- delegate derivation
Sense 3 verb
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
I showed the customer the glove section
Types & categories
- inform hypernym
- point hyponym
- finger hyponym
- call attention hyponym
- reflect hyponym
Related & opposite
- cursor derivation
- pointer derivation
- pointer derivation
- denotation derivation
Sense 4 verb
decree or designate beforehand
She was destined to become a great pianist
Types & categories
- ordain hypernym
Related & opposite
- terminus derivation
- destiny derivation
- destination derivation
- destiny derivation
Sense 5 verb
design or destine
She was intended to become the director
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- terminus derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | identification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | designation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | denomination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | denomination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | designative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | denote |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | number |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | label |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | appointment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | delegacy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assignment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | relegation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | delegation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | delegate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | appoint |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mandate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | post |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | devolve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | task |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | place |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | regiment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | transfer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | delegate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mandate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | elevate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | demote |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | place |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cursor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pointer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pointer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | denotation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | point |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | finger |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | call attention |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reflect |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminus |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | destiny |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | destination |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | destiny |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ordain |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminus |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | plan |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mean |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | design |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | slate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | aim |