MEANING
To indicate or stand for a particular meaning, thing, or category.
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Words that belong together
- denote a value
- denote membership
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Word forms
- Base
- denote
- Past tense
- denoted
- Past participle
- denoted
- Present participle
- denoting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- denote
- Present continuous
- am/is/are denoting
- Present perfect
- have/has denoted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been denoting
- Past
- denoted
- Past continuous
- was/were denoting
- Past perfect
- had denoted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been denoting
- Future
- will denote
- Future continuous
- will be denoting
- Future perfect
- will have denoted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been denoting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: denote; denotes; denoted; denoted; denoting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: claim, evidence, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: denotes.
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