denominate
Americanverb (used with object)
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denominates,
present (3rd person singular)
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denominated,
past participle, past
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denominating
present participle
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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denominatesimple
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denominatessimple
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have denominatedperfect
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has denominatedperfect
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am denominatingprogressive
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are denominatingprogressive
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is denominatingprogressive
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have been denominatingperfect progressive
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has been denominatingperfect progressive
Past
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denominatedsimple
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had denominatedperfect
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was denominatingprogressive
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were denominatingprogressive
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had been denominatingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of denominate
1545–55; < Latin dēnōminātus (past participle of dēnōmināre ), equivalent to dē- de- + nōminātus; see nominate
Example Sentences
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They chose to denominate in dollars precisely because the dollar was already the world’s numeraire.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
He said he and Mr. Raisi had agreed to strengthen cooperation in energy, industry and transportation, and to increasingly use national currencies — rather than the U.S. dollar — to denominate their trade.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
While keeping their own currencies, and central banks, countries would agree to denominate all international payments in a common accounting unit, which Keynes named the bancor, and to clear all international payments through the ICU.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2019
Ah, but normally these states denominate their bonds in their own currency as well, giving them the option of currency devaluation.
From Economist ● May 24, 2012
Men may be of a selfish, contracted, and even avaricious disposition, who are not what we should denominate hard-hearted, or unsusceptible of sympathetic feeling.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
But despite the fact Concacaf has headquarters and regional offices in the US and the fact it denominates its revenues in US dollars, its auditor is not American.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2011
The apostle Paul says we are the children of a covenant, which he denominates “The free woman.”
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 by Aaron Walker
It is this Congeries of the Aspects of Being which Kant denominates Quality, as a name of a Group of the Categories of the Understanding; and which he divides into 1.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
It is to the truth of God that those devoted servants, whom he denominates "My Witnesses," give testimony, in their profession, and life, and conversation.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham
Judge Nelson: It denominates as a pirate a person guilty of robbery on the high seas.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton
Lastly, Gavekal highlights that the value of financial assets denominated in dollars is growing as it issues a lot of debt while U.S corporates, especially AI companies, are selling huge amounts of debt and equity.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Issuance of international debt denominated in euro reached its highest level since the currency’s inception, the ECB said, and the euro became the leading currency in the green and sustainable international bond market.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
SoftBank said late Saturday that its initial investment, denominated in euros at €45 billion, aims to deliver up to 3.1 gigawatts of computing capacity across France at sites in Dunkirk, Bosquel and Bouchain by 2031.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
The rise in the value of the US dollar may also have had an impact, as the oil price is denominated in dollars and it makes it more expensive for non-US buyers.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
This obsession with petrodollars pulls our attention away from something more fundamental: the dollar’s role as the world’s numeraire, the denominating currency against which all or most other prices, contracts, and values are expressed.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
From 1860 to 1924, Congress passed almost 60 statutes denominating the “Duwamish and other allied tribes in Washington,” and appropriated funds to the Duwamish Tribe and other treaty tribes.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2022
Keynes wanted the IMF to act as a central bank of central banks, denominating their accounts in a new global currency.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2017
But the role of the U.S. dollar as the world's main reserve currency denominating large chunks of that debt pile is showing up as complicating factor that's added to risk of instability.
From Reuters ● May 11, 2016
In denominating this portrait curious," says Herbert, "we give as high praise as can be afforded it.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
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