DENOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does denote mean? 

• DENOTE (verb)
  The verb DENOTE has 3 senses:

1. be a sign or indication of

2. have as a meaning

3. make known; make an announcement

  Familiarity information: DENOTE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENOTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they denote    ... he / she / it denotes   
Past simple: denoted   
Past participle: denoted   
-ing form: denoting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a sign or indication of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

Her smile denoted that she agreed

Hypernyms (to "denote" is one way to...):

denominate; designate (assign a name or title to)

Verb group:

denote; refer (have as a meaning)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

denotation (the act of indicating or pointing out by name)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have as a meaning

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

denote; refer

Context example:

'multi-' denotes 'many'

Hypernyms (to "denote" is one way to...):

intend; mean; signify; stand for (denote or connote)

Verb group:

denote (be a sign or indication of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "denote"):

euphemise; euphemize (refer to something with a euphemism)

come back; hark back; recall; return (go back to something earlier)

identify; name (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property)

apply (refer (a word or name) to a person or thing)

slur (speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur)

express; state (indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.)

convolute; pervert; sophisticate; twist; twist around (practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

denotation (the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to)

denotative (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)

denotative (in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term)

denotive (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make known; make an announcement

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

announce; denote

Context example:

She denoted her feelings clearly

Hypernyms (to "denote" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "denote"):

sound (announce by means of a sound)

post (publicize with, or as if with, a poster)

advertise; advertize; publicise; publicize (call attention to)

call out (call out loudly, as of names or numbers)

blare out; blat out (announce loudly)

trump; trump out (proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare)

blazon out; cry (proclaim or announce in public)

report (announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding)

report (announce one's presence)

meld (announce for a score; of cards in a card game)

denounce (announce the termination of, as of treaties)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

Denotes the inhabitants of Nepal, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Nepalese, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

(Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

Denotes a person of African ancestral origins whose family settled in the Caribbean region.

(African Caribbean, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes the inhabitants of Namibia, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Namibian, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE: often denoted using a pick list from a controlled terminology such as: Recovered/resolved, recovering/ resolving, not recovered/not resolved, recovered /resolved with sequelae, fatal, or unknown. [SDTM Events class of observation]

(Adverse Event Outcome, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Denotes the inhabitants of Nigeria, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Nigerian, NCI Thesaurus)

X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.

(Two Significant Solar Flares Imaged by NASA's SDO, NASA)

A natural number greater than 8 and less than 10 and the quantity that it denotes: the sum of nine and one.

(Nine, NCI Thesaurus)

In the International Phonetic Alphabet, variants of "a" denote various vowels.

(A, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Denotes a person having origins in one of the indigenous peoples of North America, who lived on the continent prior to the European colonization.

(American Indian, NCI Thesaurus)