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des|ig|nate (designates , designating , designated ) The verb is pronounced /de z I gne I t/. The adjective is pronounced /de z I gnət/. 1 VERB When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name. □ [V n + as ] …a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E. □ [V n n] There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark. □ [V -ed] I live in Exmoor, which is designated as a national park.

2 VERB [usu passive] If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose. □ [be V -ed + as/for ] Some of the rooms were designated as offices. □ [V -ed] …scholarships designated for minorities.

3 VERB When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job. □ [V n + as ] Designate someone as the spokesperson.

4 ADJ [n ADJ ] Designate is used to describe someone who has been formally chosen to do a particular job, but has not yet started doing it. □  Japan's Prime Minister-designate is completing his Cabinet today.

de s|ig|nat|ed dri v|er (designated drivers ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] The designated driver in a group of people travelling together is the one who has agreed to drive, or who is insured to drive.

des|ig|na|tion /de z I gne I ʃ ^ə n/ (designations ) N‑VAR A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title. [FORMAL ] □  …the designation of land as an area of outstanding natural beauty.

de|sign|er ◆◇◇ /d I za I nə ^r / (designers )

1 N‑COUNT A designer is a person whose job is to design things by making drawings of them. □  Carolyne is a fashion designer.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Designer clothes or designer labels are expensive, fashionable clothes made by a famous designer, rather than being made in large quantities in a factory. □  He wears designer clothes and drives an antique car.

3 ADJ [ADJ n] You can use designer to describe things that are worn or bought because they are fashionable. [INFORMAL ] □  Designer beers and trendy wines have replaced the good old British pint.

de|sign|er ba by (designer babies ) also designer child N‑COUNT People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby . [mainly JOURNALISM ]

de|sir|able /d I za I ə rəb ^ə l/

1 ADJ Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular. □  Prolonged negotiation was not desirable. ●  de|sir|abil|ity /d I za I ə rəb I l I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □  …the desirability of democratic reform.

2 ADJ Someone who is desirable is considered to be sexually attractive. □  …the young women whom his classmates thought most desirable. ●  de|sir|abil|ity N‑UNCOUNT [usu poss N ] □  …Veronica's desirability.

de|sire ◆◆◇ /d I za I ə ^r / (desires , desiring , desired )

1 N‑COUNT [oft N to-inf] A desire is a strong wish to do or have something. □  I had a strong desire to help and care for people. □ [+ for ] They seem to have lost their desire for life.

2 VERB [no cont] If you desire something, you want it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband. □ [V to-inf] But Fred was bored and desired to go home. ●  de|sired ADJ [ADJ n] □  You may find that just threatening this course of action will produce the desired effect.