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单词 predesignation
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predesignationn.

Brit. /ˌpriːdɛzᵻɡˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpriˌdɛzəɡˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1600s– predesignation, 1700s praedesignation.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, designation n.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + designation n. Compare slightly earlier predesign v., and later predesignate v.
1. The action of predesignating or (occasionally) predesigning (something); prior designation, appointment, or specification; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination
foresettinga1300
destiningc1300
ordainingc1350
ordinationc1450
pre-ordinance1486
destinacy1490
predestination?1503
pre-ordination1527
foreordinance1530
predefinition?1548
fore-appointing1589
destination1598
ordainment1605
foreordination1620
predeterminationa1628
fatalitya1631
destinating1633
predesignationa1641
foreordaining1667
preordainmenta1847
pre-appointment1850
pre-election1860
foreordainment1879
providentialism1927
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > specific definition or description > beforehand
predesignation1701
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [noun] > elements of the philosophy of C. S. Peirce
thirdnessc1875
predesignation1883
tychism1892
interpretantc1905
icona1914
qualisigna1914
Peirce's Law1934
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 26 For us men,..according to Promise, Prediction, Pre-designation, God to Man, in the fulnesse of time, came downe from heaven.
1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. i. 36 Here is an express..prædesignation of them.
1883 C. S. Peirce The. Prob. Infer. in Stud. Logic viii. 162 Suppose we were to draw our inferences without the predesignation of the character P [for which the class had been sampled]; then we might in every case find some recondite character in which those instances would all agree.
1949 Population Index 15 210 A miniature census..using an area sample based on pre-designation of dwelling units in specified small regions.
1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Nov. 30/1 Under the President's predesignation of authority, the trio must agree before any command can be given to the Army, Navy or Air Force.
1996 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 18 Sept. 3 At her appointments there was no predesignation which physician she would see.
2. Logic. A sign of quantity attached to a term or proposition. Cf. predesignate adj. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [noun] > quantity > sign of
predesignation1847
1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 43 Logicians..have referred the quantifying predesignations plurimi, and the like, to the most opposite heads.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic v. 122 Having no sign or predesignation of Quantity affixed to it.
1924 W. E. Johnson Logic III. 3 The predesignation ‘a certain’ best indicates this separateness of presentment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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