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redesignated

redesignated is the simple past and past participle of redesignate.

Meaning of redesignate

Verb

redesignate (third-person singular simple present redesignates, present participle redesignating, simple past and past participle redesignated)

  1. (transitive) To designate again.
    • What happens when I arrive somewhere is they isolate me and notify the Regional office they want me transferred. The Regional takes a couple months to redesignate me, and when I get to the new place the same thing happens again.1988 April 16, John F. Harding, “Homophobic Merry-Go-Round”, in Gay Community News, page 5

Questions about redesignated

What is redesignated the simple past and past participle of?
Redesignated is the simple past and past participle of redesignate.

Words near redesignated in the dictionary

  1. redesertions
  2. redesign
  3. redesignability
  4. redesignable
  5. redesignate
  6. redesignated
  7. redesignates
  8. redesignating
  9. redesignation
  10. redesignations
  11. redesigned

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