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designation

noun
/dɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English designacioun, from Latin dēsignātiō, and partly (especially in sense 5) from design + -ation. By surface analysis, designate + -ion.

  1. derived from dēsignātiō
  2. inherited from designacioun

Definitions

  1. An act or instance of designating

  2. Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.

    • His designation as chief justice was controversial.

  3. That which designates

    That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

    • Man is the most aggressive animal in the sea (and on the land as well), and all the "man-eater" stories in history will not change this designation.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.

      • It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term.

    2. Purpose, aim, intention.

      • Deſignation, or Deſign, (Lat[in] and French) a purpoſing or contriving.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at designation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at designation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at designation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA