designate

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. appointed but not yet installed in office

Similar word(s): incoming

verb

1. assign a name or title to

Similar word(s): denominate

Definition categories: communication

2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Similar word(s): assign, delegate, depute

Definition categories: social, appoint, charge

3. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

Similar word(s): indicate, point, show

Definition categories: communication, inform

4. decree or designate beforehand

Similar word(s): destine, doom, fate

Definition categories: communication, ordain

5. design or destine

Similar word(s): destine, intend, specify

Definition categories: cognition, plan