DESIGNATION Synonyms

• a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

• the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

• the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

• an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• the act of designating or identifying something

• evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing

• the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established

• the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

• the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)

• a brief description given for purposes of identification

• trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

• a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

• an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

• assign a label to; designate with a label

• attach a tag or label to

• pronounce judgment on

• distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

• distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

• the act of officially naming a candidate

• the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election

• an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election

• a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

• the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.

• a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work

• the status of being a champion

• a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it

• an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'

• an established or recognized right

• (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action

• an appellation signifying nobility

• an informal right to something

• give a title to

• designate by an identifying term

• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

• a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown

• pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun

• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

• inclined to or serving for the giving of names

• a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

• a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money

• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

• the verbal act of naming

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• inclined to or serving for the giving of names