designation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An act or instance of designating
2. (countable, uncountable)Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.

   “His designation as chief justice was controversial.”

   “July 2021, Omar Marrero, quoted in CyberNewshttps://web.archive.org/web/20210805184306/https://www.puertoricoheadlinenews.com/15-million-allocated-for-non-profit-organizations/ The designation of funds by Governor Pedro Pierluisi will also allow non-profit entities to continue providing services to communities”

3. (countable, uncountable)That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

   “The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]”

   “Man is the most aggressive animal in the sea (and on the land as well), and all the "man-eater" stories in history will not change this designation.”

4. (countable, uncountable)Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.

   “It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term.”

5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Purpose, aim, intention.

   “Deſignation, or Deſign, (Lat[in] and French) a purpoſing or contriving.”

   “But ſo far as Words are of Uſe and Signification, ſo far is there a conſtant connexion between the Sound and the Idea; and a Designation, that the one ſtand for the other: without which Application of them, they are nothing, but ſo much inſignificant Noiſe.”

   “When he had thus reſolved within himſelf, he ſent to his grandſon’s tutor, and ordered him to bring the child to him early in the morning: as ſuppoſing that God would permit him to be made Emperor. But God proved oppoſite to his deſignation.”

   “Convinced that this mutual paſſion is the deſignation of Heaven to reſtore him to that affluence he loſt by the partiality of an anceſtor and the generous loyalty of his family, I give way to it without reſerve; […]”

   “In fine, our rule for judging of the mode and degree of this combination of variety and unity, seems to be no other than that of its fitness, and conformity to the designation of each species.”