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
Prices of Ukraine’s dollar denominate bonds were steady on Friday, according to Tradeweb data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2015
The habit of calling productions in metre or rhythm poetry has been so strongly ingrained in us that we denominate every lengthy performance in verse a poem in toto.
From The Literature of Ecstasy by Albert Mordell
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
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 Henry Hetherington
On the other hand, he is called God but three times, and denominates himself "the Son of God" but once, and that rather obscurely.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
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
And a further fact was revealed that man could not have found out for himself; viz. that this creation was made and finished in six Divine actings, comprised in what the narrative denominates "days."
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
That might mean selling assets denominated in the U.S. dollar so investors can repay their yen-based loans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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
By passing comprehensive digital-asset market-structure legislation, Congress will ensure that the next generation of financial innovation is built on American rails, backed by American institutions, and denominated in American dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
The priests of Apollo among the Gauls were denominated paterœ, as having the gift of prophecy.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
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 E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
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