01 n. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
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The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
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Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
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That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.“The usual designation of the days of the week.” — Whewell.
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Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.“Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things which have parts.” — Locke.