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designates

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  • IPA /ˈdɛzɪɡ.nəts/

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designates verb

  1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description“to designate the boundaries of a country”
  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.

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