denote

[ dih-noht ]

/ dɪˈnoʊt /

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verb (used with object), de·not·ed, de·not·ing.

to be a mark or sign of; indicate: A fever often denotes an infection.

to be a name or designation for; mean.

to represent by a symbol; stand as a symbol for.

Words nearby denote

denominationalism, denominative, denominator, denotation, denotative, denote, denotive, denouement, denounce, denpasar, dens

Origin of denote

1585–95; < Middle French dénoter, Latin dēnotāre to mark out, equivalent to dē- de- + notāre to mark; see note

SYNONYMS FOR denote

1 mark, signal, signify, evidence.

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OTHER WORDS FROM denote

de·not·a·ble, adjectivede·note·ment, nounun·de·not·a·ble, adjectiveun·de·not·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH denote

connote denote

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Examples from the Web for denote

There are different types of kimonos to denote something about the wearer, married or unmarried, young or old.
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And so we are all supposed to denote something from “working mother” as a descriptive adjective.
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The notion expanded to denote a personal spirit and protector by the time Horace and Ovid wrote in the first century BC.
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[...] Western societies almost never give their children names which denote violence.
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The word citronette has come into vogue to denote vinaigrette made with citrus juice in place of all or part of the vinegar.
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The word thinking, defined early in this chapter, is broadly used to denote the sum of all the intellectual faculties.
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It was then used to denote the whole of Syria, so that its restriction to Mount Hermon alone must have been of later date.
Patriarchal Palestine|Archibald Henry Sayce
This epithet was commonly used to denote the strongest and liveliest interest in any thing or person, for or against.
Hamlet|William Shakespeare
Most of his movements, too, are made without his realizing exactly what they denote of his character and present thoughts.
Certain Success|Norval A. Hawkins
Secondly, a Roman numeral immediately follows the above to denote the number of versions, if variants have been found.
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British Dictionary definitions for denote

denote

/ (dɪˈnəʊt) /

verb (tr; may take a clause as object)

to be a sign, symbol, or symptom of; indicate or designate

(of words, phrases, expressions, etc) to have as a literal or obvious meaning

Derived forms of denote

denotable, adjectivedenotement, noun

Word Origin for denote

C16: from Latin dēnotāre to mark, from notāre to mark, note

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