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designar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appoint verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  • appropriate adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  • assign verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  • designate verb To officially choose or name someone or something for a particular role or purpose.

Senses

designar is used for these senses in English:

  • appoint (transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
  • appropriate (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
  • assign (transitive) To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
  • designate To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
  • designate 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.

appoint — full definition

  1. verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  2. verb To set or fix a time or place for something, such as a meeting.

appropriate — full definition

  1. adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  2. verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.

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