Meaning of denote in English:

verb

• 1Be a sign of; indicate.

  ‘this mark denotes purity and quality’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Kildare County Council has agreed to erect signs denoting the twinning of Kildare with French town Corps Nuds.’
  • ‘The council has carried out risk assessments on all restricted areas and has reopened nearly three-quarters of the pathways - identified by a pink sign denoting a right of way.’
  • ‘It is signed P O'Neill denoting official sanction.’
  • ‘After materials had been returned, each participant was thanked and his or her credit slip was signed denoting participation.’
  • ‘Removing one's footwear before entering a home or a temple before worship denotes a sign of respect, humility and submissiveness.’
  • ‘The dotted line with a question mark denotes the suggestion of Ahlrichs that Acanthocephala and Seisonida are sister groups.’
  • ‘This is a beautiful metaphor that denotes visions of purity and unblemished perfection.’
  • ‘That's how bad it is - I've had to resort to multiple exclamation marks to denote sarcasm.’
  • ‘The shaven head denotes purity and egolessness and is said to mitigate past life karma.’
  • ‘Four pieces of missing homework did not, in Josh's opinion, denote a letter home, and all the hassle that entailed.’
  • ‘We have two ‘No Entry’ signs denoting that the road in question is now closed to vehicular traffic and a few paces away we have a gleaming new 50 km sign.’
  • ‘These vases were called eheia, denoting their reverberative qualities.’
  • ‘A high score on these indicators denotes more emotional support.’
  • ‘A globular point means safety, a conch shape represents fame, a bright yellow flame indicated no obstacles, a lotus and jewel like flame denotes wealth.’
  • ‘I think a lot of people who are drawn to witchcraft sometimes will get a tattoo, or mark themselves in some way to denote a rite of passage or an experience.’
  • ‘Their name was chosen to denote the feeling of being outcasts in society in terms of being musicians not geared towards a mainstream audience.’
  • ‘The museum also houses the musical pillars, which, as the name denotes, produce a different sound when struck.’
  • ‘Many of the hotels have German names denoting that the owners are Swiss of German origin.’
  • ‘Restructuring denotes the reorientation of firms into more efficient units, gaining competitiveness and fuelling growth.’
  • ‘Conversely the lighting of a candle may be symbolically significant if it denotes bringing of light, that is, relief from suffering or enlightenment.’

  Synonyms

  designate, indicate, be a sign of, be a mark of, signify, signal, symbolize, represent, stand for, mean

  suggest, point to, be evidence of, smack of, conjure up, bring to mind, indicate, show, reveal, demonstrate, intimate, imply, connote, convey, give away, betray

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  1. 1.1Stand as a name or symbol for.
     ‘the level of output per firm is denoted by X’
     More example sentences

     • ‘Next, each species or cultivar has a list of nurseries that sell it, with symbols denoting new entries, synonyms, awards of merit, variegation and so on.’
     • ‘For the second quarter in a row, the company has had an ‘e’ placed after its trading symbol, denoting a late filing of accounts.’
     • ‘In Courchevel, pay attention to the numbers after the name (which denote the height in metres).’
     • ‘X and Y aren't a formula; they're a pair of mathematical symbols used to denote an unknown quantity.’
     • ‘Each month had a name, denoting some natural feature or event.’
     • ‘The semantic job of sentences is to say something, which is not to be confused with naming or denoting some thing.’
     • ‘The menus have helpful symbols denoting hotness, low fat and vegetarian options.’
     • ‘Different stability regions are denoted by different symbols.’
     • ‘Sigma is the Greek symbol used to denote deviations from the mean.’
     • ‘The main drawback of the Linnean system is that groups must be named with suffixes that denote their rank in this hierarchy.’
     • ‘Now of course this comment is based on knowledge of our own decimal system which is a positional system with nine special symbols and a zero symbol to denote an empty place.’
     • ‘To avoid any misunderstandings, I will use the term symbol to denote elements of the set.’
     • ‘The names of the strains denote the place where the virus originated or was first isolated.’
     • ‘These included the circle, half-circle and various symbols denoting rain, animal footprints, clouds and travelling signs.’
     • ‘Plenty Coups, who did not write English, kept accounts on pieces of cardboard with drawings denoting customers' names and marks indicating the money they owed.’
     • ‘They used a decimal system and had symbols denoting, for example, 1, 10, and 100 cubits, and they had developed methods for multiplying and dividing.’
     • ‘Species are denoted by Greek letters and genes are denoted by numbers.’
     • ‘Bewildered, she attempted to fight her way across the hall to another large staircase, pulling out her schedule from a back jeans pocket and looking desperately around for signs denoting the halls.’
     • ‘Dark blue indicates deep ocean basins, while light blue denotes shallow seas of the continental shelf.’
     • ‘Question marks denote instances where digit identity could not be assigned with certainty.’
     Synonyms

     represent, be a symbol of, stand for, be a sign of, exemplify

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