Hyphenation of designate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word designate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

des-ig-nate

Definitions of designate:

1.	Assign a name or title to
2.	Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
3.	Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing Either spatially or figuratively I showed the customer the glove section He pointed to the empty parking space He indicated his opponents
4.	Decree or designate beforehand She was destined to become a great pianist
5.	Design or destine She was intended to become the director
6.	Appointed but not yet installed in office

Synonyms of designate:

adj	incoming
verb	denominate
verb	delegate, depute, assign, appoint, charge
verb	destine, fate, doom, ordain
verb	intend, destine, specify, plan

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.