1. (n.) The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

2. (n.) Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.

3. (n.) That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

4. (n.) Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

allocation appellation appellative appointment assignment attribution baptism binomen binomial name blood brand breed byword calling cast character characterization christening clan classification cognomen color cryptonym definition denomination denotation description determination differentiation disclosure empty title epithet eponym euonym expression feather fingering fixing form genre genus grain handle hint honorific hyponym identification ilk indication indicativeness kidney kin kind label line lot make manifestation manner mark meaning mold moniker name namesake naming nature nicknaming nomen nomen nudum nomination number ordainment ordination persuasion phylum picking out pigeonhole pigeonholing pinning down pointing pointing out pointing to posting precision proper name proper noun proposal race recognition scientific name secret name selection shape show showing signification sort species specification stamp stipulation strain stripe style styling suggestion symptomaticness tabbing tag tautonym terming the like of the likes of title transferral tribe trinomen trinomial name type variety