different between designate vs destine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?z??.n?t/, /?d?z??.ne?t/
• (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?z??.ne?t/

Adjective

designate (not comparable)

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

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2. (Britain) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.

Verb

designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)

1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
3. 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.

Synonyms

• (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
• (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

Derived terms

• designated driver
• designated hitter

Related terms

• codesignative
• designation
• designative
• designatum

Translations

Further reading

• designate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Participle

designate

1. past participle of designar

Italian

Verb

designate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of designare
2. feminine plural of designato

Adjective

designate

1. feminine plural of designato

Anagrams

• disegnate
• sdegniate

Latin

Verb

d?sign?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?sign?

References

• designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?st?n/

Verb

destine (third-person singular simple present destines, present participle destining, simple past and past participle destined)

1. to preordain
2. to assign something (especially finance) for a particular use
3. to have a particular destination

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• deniest, edestin, endites, entised, in steed, steined, tendies, tenside

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -in

Verb

destine

1. first-person singular present indicative of destiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of destiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of destiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of destiner
5. second-person singular imperative of destiner

Anagrams

• densité, déteins, détiens, étendis

Ladin

Verb

destine

1. first-person singular present indicative of destiner
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of destiner
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of destiner
4. third-person plural present subjunctive of destiner

Portuguese

Verb

destine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of destinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of destinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of destinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of destinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des?tine/, [d?es?t?i.ne]

Verb

destine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of destinar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of destinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of destinar.