1. [adjective] Designated; appointed; chosen.
2. [verb] To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.
3. [verb] To call by a distinctive title; to name.
4. [verb] To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
5. [verb] Assign a name or title to.
6. [verb] Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
7. [verb] Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; 'I showed the customer the glove section'; 'He pointed to the empty parking space'; 'he indicated his opponents'.
8. [verb] Decree or designate beforehand; 'She was destined to become a great pianist'.
9. [verb] Design or destine; 'She was intended to become the director'.
10. [adjective] Appointed but not yet installed in office.
