denote
verb/dɪˈnəʊt/
/dɪˈnəʊt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they denote | /dɪˈnəʊt/ /dɪˈnəʊt/ |
| he / she / it denotes | /dɪˈnəʊts/ /dɪˈnəʊts/ |
| past simple denoted | /dɪˈnəʊtɪd/ /dɪˈnəʊtɪd/ |
| past participle denoted | /dɪˈnəʊtɪd/ /dɪˈnəʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form denoting | /dɪˈnəʊtɪŋ/ /dɪˈnəʊtɪŋ/ |
- denote something | denote that… to be a sign of something synonym indicate
- A very high temperature often denotes a serious illness.
Extra Examples- Such headdresses denoted accomplished warriors and were adopted from the Plains tribes.
- The white belt denotes that he's an absolute beginner.
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- denote something | denote what, when, etc… to mean something synonym represent
- In this example ‘X’ denotes the time taken and ‘Y’ denotes the distance covered.
- The red triangle denotes danger.
- Here ‘family’ denotes mother, father and children.
- The Hebrew term used here simply denotes a young girl.
compare connote
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘be a sign of, mark out’): from French dénoter or Latin denotare, from de- ‘away, thoroughly’ + notare ‘observe, note’ (from nota ‘a mark’).
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