Designate and Show

Designate

Designate verb - Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.

Show is a synonym for designate in specify as selection topic. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a verb "Designate".

Show

Show verb - Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.
Usage example: I showed the customer the glove section

Designate is a synonym for show. You can use "Designate" instead a verb "Show".

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

Common collocations

character designate character show character
scene designate scene show scene
time designate time show time
example designate example show example
Other words: world, bit.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Xenogears You see, Xenogears' text system did not really support Furigana like, for example, Xenosaga's did, and so used one term without brackets to show what the character saying this term is meaning, while using the brackets to designate how they were supposed to be spoken.
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