{
    "term": "designate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "designate",
            "heSheIt": "designates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "designated",
        "pastParticiple": "designated",
        "ingForm": "designating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to say officially that somebody/something has a particular character or name; to describe somebody/something in a particular way",
            "sensetop": "be designated (as) somethingbe designated (as being/having something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This area has been designated (as) a National Park.",
                    "contextForm": "be designated (as) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school has been designated a specialist science academy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.",
                    "contextForm": "be designated (as being/having something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a designated nature reserve"
                },
                {
                    "text": "designated seats for the elderly"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These areas have been specially designated for children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 2017 Hull was designated (as) the UK City of Culture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area has now been formally designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["formally", "officially", "specially"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to choose or name somebody for a particular job or position",
            "sensetop": "designate somebody/somethingdesignate somebody (as) somethingdesignate somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The director is allowed to designate his/her successor.",
                    "contextForm": "designate somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who has she designated (as) her deputy?",
                    "contextForm": "designate somebody (as) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the man designated to succeed the president",
                    "contextForm": "designate somebody to do something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["formally", "officially", "specially"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to show something using a particular mark or sign",
            "sensetop": "be designated (by something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The different types are designated by the letters A, B and C.",
                    "contextForm": "be designated (by something)"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdezɪɡneɪt/",
                "audio": "de/designate/designate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdezɪɡneɪts/",
                "audio": "de/designate/designates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdezɪɡneɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/designate/designated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdezɪɡneɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/designate/designating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdezɪɡneɪt/",
                "audio": "de/designate/designate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdezɪɡneɪts/",
                "audio": "de/designate/designates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdezɪɡneɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/designate/designated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdezɪɡneɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/designate/designating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin designatus ‘designated’, past participle of designare, based on signum ‘a mark’. The verb dates from the late 18th cent."
}