Denote

We use the symbol “⊂” to denote proper inclusion.

The tilde is used in math to denote equivalence.

The "holy" book must be called by its real name: accursed book. The words "god", "saviour" and "saint" are insults and denote a criminal.

In Brazil, the pronoun "você" is the casual way of saying "you", whilst in Portugal it's used in more formal contexts to denote courteousness.

The term sepsis as now used in clinical surgery no longer retains its original meaning as synonymous with “putrefaction,” but is employed to denote all conditions in which bacterial infection has taken place, and more particularly those in which pyogenic bacteria are present.

One of the functions of the genitive case in Russian is to denote possession.

The yellow blazes denote the trail.

together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that can denote me truly

The letters "SC" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.

You'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.