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DENOTE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have as a meaning

Example:

'multi-' denotes 'many'

Synonyms:

denote; refer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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"):

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

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.)

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 2

Meaning:

Be a sign or indication of

Example:

Her smile denoted that she agreed

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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 3

Meaning:

Make known; make an announcement

Example:

She denoted her feelings clearly

Synonyms:

announce; denote

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

Denoting the front surface of the body; often used to indicate the position of one structure relative to another.

(Anterior, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person from or of Mexico.

(Mexican, NCI Thesaurus)

A prefix used in the metric system for denoting power of ten.

(Metric Prefix, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes any of the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam and the Mariana Islands or persons of that ancestry.

(Chamorran, NCI Thesaurus)

The six residues involved in the binding are in positions 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12; these residues are denoted by X, Y, Z, -Y, -X and -Z.

(Calcium-Binding Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person from any of the countries of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa; this region includes those countries east of Egypt and south of Turkey and extending to Iran in the east.

(Middle Eastern or North African, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural number following 999999 and preceding 1000001 and the quantity that it denotes: one thousand thousands.

(Million, NCI Thesaurus)

Denoting the front portion of the body or a structure.

(Anterior, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Denoting the area of the body in front and away from the middle line.

(Anterolateral, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Mongolian, NCI Thesaurus)