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
The proprietors of this house ranked among the best people of the place—oi megaloi, as the multitude naively denominate them.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
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
Here we were literally surrounded by Nature, which some quaint writer denominates God's Old Testament.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou
I cannot think, however, that the Book of Mormon is an exact copy of Mr. Spaulding's "Historical Romance," as Mrs. Davison very properly denominates it.
From Gleanings by the Way by John A. Clark
He also denominates it 'the wonderful miracle of nature, the prince of all the many rare things that are found in the sea.'
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 by William Chambers
What Plato calls the spiritual soul, St. John denominates the "Word."
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Harry Collison
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
It appears to have been the scaly tetter, which they sometimes denominated psoriasis, at others lepra, a synonymous affection; but neither pustular nor vesicular.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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 the plenitude of their zeal, they first thought of denominating it the Revenge Church of Christ; but they thought better of it, and called it the New Brick Church.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
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