Designatum vs Designate - What's the difference?
designatum | designate | Related terms |
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
* 2007 , Ilhan Inan, "Rigid general terms and essential predicates," Philosophical Studies , vol. 140, no. 2, p. 225:
Designated; appointed; chosen.
To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
* 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
To 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.
Designate is a related term of designatum.
As a noun designatum
is that which is named or designated by a linguistic term.As an adjective designate is
designated; appointed; chosen.As a verb designate is
to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.designatum
English
Noun
(designata)- I am inclined to hold that if there is a plurality of objects that fall under the designatum of a term, then that should be sufficient (though not necessary) to conclude that that is a general term, even when it has a singular occurrence in a sentence.
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English
Adjective
(-)Verb
(designat)- "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.