designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated) To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
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. Appointed but not yet installed in office: the commissioner designate.
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order designating fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD). Last month, it was reported by the Wall Street Journal that the Trump Administration classified fentanyl as a “potential chemical weapons threat” being smuggled on Venezuelan drug boats to justify strikes in the Caribbean and Western Pacific.
(The Center Square) – The governors of Texas and Florida have declared the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group a foreign terrorist organization, but they may stand alone. None of their
<p>Tyler Rogers has officially signed his three-year, $37 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, the club announced Monday. Rogers, whose free-agent contract includes a $12 million vesting option ($1 million buyout) in 2029, had spent his entire professional career with the San Francisco Giants before being traded to the New York Mets ahead of…</p>
As a verb designate is 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.
