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Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in denoting the object, it also assigns to it some quality or characteristic.
John Wesley Powell

Meaning of "denote" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DENOTE

From Latin dēnotāre to mark, from notāre to mark, note.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DENOTE

denote  [dɪˈnəʊt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DENOTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Denote is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb denote in English.

WHAT DOES DENOTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Denotation (semiotics)

In semiotics, denotation is the surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary.

Definition of denote in the English dictionary

The definition of denote in the dictionary is to be a sign, symbol, or symptom of; indicate or designate. Other definition of denote is to have as a literal or obvious meaning.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DENOTE

PRESENT

Present
I denote
you denote
he/she/it denotes
we denote
you denote
they denote
Present continuous
I am denoting
you are denoting
he/she/it is denoting
we are denoting
you are denoting
they are denoting
Present perfect
I have denoted
you have denoted
he/she/it has denoted
we have denoted
you have denoted
they have denoted
Present perfect continuous
I have been denoting
you have been denoting
he/she/it has been denoting
we have been denoting
you have been denoting
they have been denoting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I denoted
you denoted
he/she/it denoted
we denoted
you denoted
they denoted
Past continuous
I was denoting
you were denoting
he/she/it was denoting
we were denoting
you were denoting
they were denoting
Past perfect
I had denoted
you had denoted
he/she/it had denoted
we had denoted
you had denoted
they had denoted
Past perfect continuous
I had been denoting
you had been denoting
he/she/it had been denoting
we had been denoting
you had been denoting
they had been denoting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will denote
you will denote
he/she/it will denote
we will denote
you will denote
they will denote
Future continuous
I will be denoting
you will be denoting
he/she/it will be denoting
we will be denoting
you will be denoting
they will be denoting
Future perfect
I will have denoted
you will have denoted
he/she/it will have denoted
we will have denoted
you will have denoted
they will have denoted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been denoting
you will have been denoting
he/she/it will have been denoting
we will have been denoting
you will have been denoting
they will have been denoting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would denote
you would denote
he/she/it would denote
we would denote
you would denote
they would denote
Conditional continuous
I would be denoting
you would be denoting
he/she/it would be denoting
we would be denoting
you would be denoting
they would be denoting
Conditional perfect
I would have denote
you would have denote
he/she/it would have denote
we would have denote
you would have denote
they would have denote
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been denoting
you would have been denoting
he/she/it would have been denoting
we would have been denoting
you would have been denoting
they would have been denoting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you denote
we let´s denote
you denote
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to denote
Past participle
denoted
Present Participle
denoting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DENOTE


banknote
ˈbæŋkˌnəʊt
connote
kɒˈnəʊt
desknote
ˈdɛskˌnəʊt
endnote
ˈɛndˌnəʊt
euronote
ˈjuːrəʊˌnəʊt
fistnote
ˈfɪstˌnəʊt
footnote
ˈfʊtˌnəʊt
headnote
ˈhɛdˌnəʊt
keynote
ˈkiːˌnəʊt
note
nəʊt
sidenote
ˈsaɪdˌnəʊt
woodnote
ˈwʊdˌnəʊt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DENOTE

denominational
denominational college
denominational school
denominationalism
denominationalist
denominationally
denominative
denominatively
denominator
denotable
denotate
denotation
denotative
denotatively
denotement
denotive
denouement
denounce
denouncement
denouncer

WORDS THAT END LIKE DENOTE

big-note
blue note
cenote
consignment note
cover note
currency note
delivery note
eighth note
fit note
gold note
grace note
half-note
liner note
of note
pound note
promissory note
quarter note
suicide note
take note
whole note

Synonyms and antonyms of denote in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DENOTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «denote» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of denote

Translation of «denote» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DENOTE

Find out the translation of denote to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of denote from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «denote» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

显示
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indicar
570 millions of speakers

English

denote
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरूपित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دلالة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Обозначим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

denotar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোঝান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dénoter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menandakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hindeuten auf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

示す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의미하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tegese
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biểu thị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दर्शविणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirtmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

denotare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oznaczają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

позначимо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

denota
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποδηλώνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dui
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beteckna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

betegne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of denote

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DENOTE»

The term «denote» is very widely used and occupies the 19.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DENOTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about denote

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3 QUOTES WITH «DENOTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word denote.
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Alanis Morissette
Your political views really denote your spiritual views.
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John Wesley Powell
Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in denoting the object, it also assigns to it some quality or characteristic.
3
Paul Wellstone
The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DENOTE»

Discover the use of denote in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to denote and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Difference Between the Genitive and Dative Used with ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Lewis Leaming Forman, 2012
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Does Reaching Generativity Denote Lack of Depression Later ...
Maureen Strasser. Abstract This study was conducted to investigate the possible relationship between generativity and a healthy lifestyle and lack of depressive symptoms later in life. A community sample of self selective samples of 101 ...
Maureen Strasser, 2008
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Deterministic Extraction from Weak Random Sources
Notation: We use [n] to denote the set {1,...,n}. Let Ω,Π be some finite sets. For x ∈ Ωn and i ∈ [n], we denote by x i the ith coordinate of x. Similarly, for a function D : Π → Ωn and i ∈ [n], we denote by Di the function D restricted to the ith output  ...
Ariel Gabizon, 2010
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Art and Representation: New Principles in the Analysis of ...
This child was using a correct denotation rule — use lines to denote edges — and a correct drawing rule — use oblique lines to represent edges in the third dimension — but introduced a transparency, perhaps as the result of a planning error.
John Willats, 1997
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The Theory of Generalized Dirichlet Forms and Its ...
N, Q and R denote the set of natural, rational and real numbers. Rd, d C N, denotes the d-dimensional Euclidean space, (-, -) the inner product, | - | the corresponding norm and Br(x) := {y\y E Rd, \y - x\ < r) the open ball of radius r > 0 and center ...
Wilhelm Stannat, 1996
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Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies II: Second ...
We use i, j, k, m, n as indexes; a's 1 to denote individual agents; A's to denote sets of agents; b's to denote beliefs; g's to denote goals; h's to denote intentions; ρ's to denote plan templates; p's to denote plan preconditions; q's to denote plan  ...
João Leite (et al.), 2005
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Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications
Each equivalence definition specifies an equivalence relation, which we denote by =. An equivalence relation has three important properties: it is symmetric (i = j if and only if j = i), reflexive (i = i), and transitive (if i = j and j = k then i = k).
Stanley Wasserman, 1994
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Invariant Differential Operators for Quantum Symmetric Spaces
CHAPTER 1 Background and Notation Let C denote the complex numbers, Q denote the rational numbers, Z denote the integers, R denote the real numbers, N denote the nonnegative integers, and q denote an indeterminate. Let {qr\ r G (Q)  ...
Gail Letzter
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An Essay Towards a Practical English Grammar: Describing the ...
Q. What do Adjectives that end in y denote ? A. They denote Plenty, or Abundance. Q. What do Adjectives that end in iu\ signify ? A. They signify Fulness . ^ What do Adjectives that end in some denote ? A. They also denote Fulness. Q. What do ...
James Greenwood, 1753
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Representations of SL2(Fq)
If ∼ is an equivalence relation on E , we will denote by [E /∼] a set of representatives for the equivalence classes under ∼. When this notation is used the reader will have no difficulty verifying that the statement does not depend on the choice ...
Cédric Bonnafé, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DENOTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term denote is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Savant of Spray Charts: Meet the New Star of Baseball Analytics
... not only show how much slower he's hit the ball this season, but also to more accurately denote the general mood of Marlins fans these days. «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
2
China's Tanking Stock Market Plunges Even Further
In China, red is a lucky color. So instead of the normal crimson, the nation's stock market uses green to denote shares that are down. As the ... «TIME, Jul 15»
3
Vowelless Album in Tow, Welsh Psych-Rockers Super Furry …
... Super Furry lexicon, emerging as it does more than once in conversation with Ciarán to denote the antithesis, basically, of the group's ethos. «Village Voice, Jul 15»
4
Greater New York Watch
Mr. Schumer cited a federal law that states an orange plug should be inserted into the barrel of a replica gun to denote it isn't a real firearm. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Rock Band 4 Impressions: Getting the Band Back Together To Play …
The music highway will be decorated with special fields to denote a solo moment, but the type of freestyle you should perform is denoted by the ... «Shacknews, Jul 15»
6
Mary Fallin isn't removing that 10 commandments statue… yet
Fallin is drawing a lot of cheers in conservative circles for taking a stand here, but her answers don't seem to denote an intention to simply defy ... «Hot Air, Jul 15»
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County recovering from torrential rain, flooding
Patches of debris served to denote what had been high-water marks and city equipment was scraping mud from downtown streets that had ... «New Albany Gazette, Jul 15»
8
Moral Injury Shows the Limits of Forgiveness
In the Atlantic, Maggie Puniewska describes a growing awareness of moral injury – the term used by professionals used to denote “a psychic ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Tony Nocera leads Stonecrest league with 38; golf outing rescheduled
If you signed up for the first scheduled outing, you still must sign up for this one. Sign up in your playing group and denote guests by their name. «Ellwood City Ledger, Jul 15»
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An American in Milano
(Jenny Vrentas/The MMQB); The helmets for Parker Orms (13) and T.J. Pryor (10) are adorned with a large white "A" to denote their status as ... «The MMQB, Jul 15»

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