designate

désigner, nommer

Choisir officiellement une personne pour un poste ou une mission précise.

En anglais simple : To officially choose someone for a particular job or duty.

• They designated Maria as team leader.
• The board will designate a successor next month.
• He was designated to represent the school.

Comment l'utiliser : designate someone as something (They designated him as their representative.); designate someone to do something (She was designated to lead the investigation.); designate someone for something (The committee designated him for the post.)

Synonymes : appoint, select, nominate

Expressions courantes : designate someone as, designate someone to, designate a successor

désigner, affecter

Réserver officiellement un lieu ou une chose à un usage précis, ou lui attribuer un statut.

En anglais simple : To officially choose a place or thing for a particular purpose or give it a particular status.

• They designated this area for parking.
• The forest was designated as a protected site.
• Which room has been designated for meetings?

Comment l'utiliser : designate something as something (The council designated the building as a historic monument.); designate something for something (They designated the courtyard for outdoor events.)

Synonymes : set aside, allocate

Expressions courantes : designate an area, designate something as, designate something for

indiquer, marquer

Montrer ou identifier quelque chose à l’aide d’un signe, d’un nom ou d’une description.

En anglais simple : To show or identify something using a mark, sign, name, or description.

• Red lines designate the boundaries.
• Each room is designated by a number.
• The arrow designates the main entrance.

Comment l'utiliser : designate something by something (The map designates each route by a different colour.)

Synonymes : indicate, identify, mark

Expressions courantes : designate a boundary, designate something by, designate a point

désigné

Choisi pour un poste officiel, mais qui ne l’occupe pas encore.

En anglais simple : Chosen for an official job but not yet working in it.

• The president designate met the staff.
• Our ambassador designate will arrive next week.
• The director designate attended the meeting as an observer.

Comment l'utiliser : role title + designate (The ambassador designate is preparing to move abroad.)

Synonymes : incoming

Contraires : outgoing

Expressions courantes : president designate, ambassador designate, director designate