[
  {
    "word": "designate",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8d\u025bz\u026a\u0261.ne\u026at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8d\u025bz\u026a\u0261.ne\u026at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8d\u025bz\u026a\u0261.ne\u026at/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to designate the boundaries of a country"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To call by a distinctive title; to name.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; \u2014 with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "denominate",
          "entitle",
          "name",
          "style",
          "denote",
          "describe",
          "indicate",
          "note",
          "allocate",
          "earmark"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Designated; appointed; chosen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/designate"
    ]
  }
]