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English
Noun
designatum (plural designata)
- (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
2007, Ilhan Inan, “Rigid general terms and essential predicates”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, page 225:I am inclined to hold that if there is a plurality of objects that fall under the designatum of a term, then that should be sufficient (though not necessary) to conclude that that is a general term, even when it has a singular occurrence in a sentence.
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Latin
Participle
dēsignātum
- inflection of dēsignātus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular