designate

Adjective

• appointed but not yet installed in office

Verb

• design or destine
  • She was intended to become the director
    

• decree or designate beforehand
  • She was destined to become a great pianist
    

• 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
    

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

• assign a name or title to

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  designate(ip) , intend , destine , specify , fate , doom , indicate , point , show , delegate , depute , assign , denominate