Meanings
present singular third person denotes · participle present denoting · participle past denoted · past denoted
- transitiveTo indicate; to mark.
The yellow blazes denote the trail.
3 more examples
together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that can denote me truly
c. 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, act 1, scene 2; republished as Hamlet, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1992, →ISBN, page 9The letters "SC" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.
1951 January, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Markings”, in Railway Magazine, page 73You'll find the usual holidays — Christmas and New Year's — denoted on this and other feminist calendars and even Jewish holy days and lunar phases, but Lesbian/Gay Pride Day is noticeably (and sadly) absent.
1982 December 25, J. Grainger, “Gay-by-Gay Calendars at a Glance”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 9 - transitiveTo make overt.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindenotare
- Middle Frenchdenoter
- Englishdenote
From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- (“complete”) and notare (“to mark out”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek σημαίνω, σημαίνω
- σημαίνω (sēmaínō)to indicate, mark
- σημαίνω (sēmaínō)to convey as meaning
Bulgarian означавам, показвам
- означавам (označavam)to indicate, mark
- показвам (pokazvam)to make overt
- издавам (izdavam)to make overt
Catalan denotar
- denotarto indicate, mark
Chinese Mandarin 表示, 意为
- 表示 (biǎoshì)to indicate, mark
- 意为to indicate, mark
Dutch aangeven, aanduiden
- aangevento indicate, mark
- aanduidento make overt
- betekenento convey as meaning
Finnish merkitä, tarkoittaa
- merkitäto indicate, mark
- tarkoittaato indicate, mark
- osoittaato indicate, mark
- ilmaistato make overt
- paljastaato make overt
- merkitäto convey as meaning
- tarkoittaato convey as meaning
French dénoter, indiquer
- dénoterto indicate, mark
- indiquerto indicate, mark
- marquerto indicate, mark
- dénoterto convey as meaning
- signifierto convey as meaning
German markieren, kennzeichnen
- markierento indicate, mark
- kennzeichnento indicate, mark
- bezeichnento indicate, mark
- anzeigento indicate, mark
- formalisierento indicate, mark
- preisgebento make overt
- offenlegento make overt
- offenbarento make overt
- aufdeckento make overt
- bedeutento convey as meaning
- symbolisierento convey as meaning
Irish cuir in iúl
- cuir in iúlto indicate, mark
Italian indicare, denotare
- indicareto indicate, mark
- denotareto indicate, mark
- rivelareto make overt
- significareto convey as meaning
Norwegian betegne, angi
- betegneto indicate, mark
- angito convey as meaning
Persian نشان دادن, فاش کردن
- نشان دادن (nešân dâdan)to indicate, mark
- فاش کردن (fâš kardan)to make overt
Portuguese denotar, indicar
- denotarto indicate, mark
- indicarto indicate, mark
- revelarto make overt
- denotarto convey as meaning
- indicarto convey as meaning
Russian отмеча́ть, обознача́ть
- отмеча́ть (otmečátʹ)to indicate, mark
- обознача́ть (oboznačátʹ)to indicate, mark
- различа́ть (različátʹ)to indicate, mark
- отлича́ть (otličátʹ)to indicate, mark
- пока́зывать (pokázyvatʹ)to make overt
- ука́зывать (ukázyvatʹ)to make overt
- свиде́тельствовать (svidételʹstvovatʹ)to make overt
- зна́чить (znáčitʹ)to convey as meaning
- означа́ть (označátʹ)to convey as meaning
- символизи́ровать (simvolizírovatʹ)to convey as meaning
Spanish señalar, denotar
- señalarto indicate, mark
- denotarto indicate, mark
- marcarto indicate, mark
- revelarto make overt
- significarto convey as meaning
- denotarto convey as meaning
Ukrainian позначати, означати
- позначати (poznačaty)to indicate, mark
- означати (označaty)to convey as meaning
Welsh dynodi, dynodi
- dynodito indicate, mark
- dynodito convey as meaning
- golyguto convey as meaning
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
denote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denote
“denote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denote. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “denote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denote.
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