denominate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
adjective
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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
In sharp contrast to a topic like 'long multiplication' stands a topic like denominate numbers.
From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
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 remainder of our drive leads across the plain of Argos, the "courser feeding," as Homer denominates it.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
Jefferson denominates it a "judiciary forgery," and I hope your Lordship will to-day confirm Jefferson's view, and put an end to this illegal iniquity.
From The Trial of Henry Hetherington by Hetherington, Henry
In the map published by Marquette with his “Journal,” the “Ouabisquigou” as he denominates it, in euphonious French-Indian, compared to the Illinois or even to the Wisconsin, is but an inconsiderable rivulet!
From Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States by Darley, F.O.C.
The second of Kant's groups of Categories, in the order in which it is most appropriate now to consider them, he denominates Relation.
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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
Most international transactions denominated in U.S. dollars must be settled by American banks, giving Washington the ability to monitor them—and cut off users’ dollars if necessary, crippling their operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
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
They lived from “hand to mouth,” and if they had lived in our day they would, every one of them, have been denominated “tramps,” and would have been amenable to our modern laws of vagrancy.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.
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
The only room accommodated some primitive furniture, a bed being the denominating as well as the essential feature.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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