The meaning of DESIGNATE is to indicate and set apart for a specific purpose, office, or duty. How to use designate in a sentence.

DESIGNATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of designate 2. to choose someone officially to do a particular…. Learn more.

Free items are designated by blue stickers. The state capital is designated [= indicated] by a star.

To designate is to give something a specific status. If you designate your house an opera-free zone, it means that you've officially declared that no opera is allowed to be played there.

To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose: designated a delegate to represent our department; designated funds for the project. See Synonyms at allocate, appoint.

If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose.

ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪt; adj. -nɪt, -ˌneɪt/ v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing, adj. v. specify: He designated the points where we would meet. [ ~ + obj + (as +) obj] to give a name or title to: The neighborhood was …