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designation

 noun
     
des‧ig‧na‧tion formal
1 [uncountable] the act of choosing someone or something for a particular purpose, or of giving them a particular description
designation as
the designation of Stansted as the third London airport
2 [countable] a name or title:
Her official designation is Systems Manager.
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