Définitions
1.AdjectiveDesignated; appointed; chosen.
2.AdjectiveUsed after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
3.VerbTo 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; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested"
4.VerbTo call by a distinctive title; to name.
5.VerbTo 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.