We use the symbol “⊂” to denote proper inclusion.
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Denote
//dɪˈnəʊt//
Synonyms for "denote" (87 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
9 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σημαίνω verb (to indicate, mark)
- σημαίνω verb (to convey as meaning)
Bulgarian
3 entries- издавам verb (to make overt)
- означавам verb (to indicate, mark)
- показвам verb (to make overt)
Catalan
1 entries- denotar verb (to indicate, mark)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 意为 verb (to indicate, mark)
- 表示 verb (to indicate, mark)
Dutch
3 entries- aanduiden verb (to make overt)
- aangeven verb (to indicate, mark)
- betekenen verb (to convey as meaning)
Finnish
4 entries- ilmaista verb (to make overt)
- merkitä verb (to indicate, mark)
- merkitä verb (to convey as meaning)
- osoittaa verb (to indicate, mark)
French
4 entries- dénoter verb (to indicate, mark)
- dénoter verb (to convey as meaning)
- indiquer verb (to indicate, mark)
- marquer verb (to indicate, mark)
Galician
1 entries- denotar verb (to indicate, mark)
German
4 entries- anzeigen verb (to indicate, mark)
- aufdecken verb (to make overt)
- bedeuten verb (to convey as meaning)
- bezeichnen verb (to indicate, mark)
Ingrian
2 entries- merkitä verb (to indicate, mark)
- tähentää verb (to indicate, mark)
Irish
1 entries- cuir in iúl verb (to indicate, mark)
Italian
4 entries- denotare verb (to indicate, mark)
- indicare verb (to indicate, mark)
- rivelare verb (to make overt)
- significare verb (to convey as meaning)
Norwegian
1 entries- angi verb (to convey as meaning)
Persian
2 entries- فاش کردن verb (to make overt)
- نشان دادن verb (to indicate, mark)
Portuguese
4 entries- denotar verb (to indicate, mark)
- denotar verb (to convey as meaning)
- indicar verb (to indicate, mark)
- indicar verb (to convey as meaning)
Russian
4 entries- зна́чить verb (to convey as meaning)
- обознача́ть verb (to indicate, mark)
- означа́ть verb (to convey as meaning)
- отлича́ть verb (to indicate, mark)
Spanish
4 entries- denotar verb (to indicate, mark)
- denotar verb (to convey as meaning)
- marcar verb (to indicate, mark)
- revelar verb (to make overt)
Ukrainian
2 entries- означати verb (to convey as meaning)
- позначати verb (to indicate, mark)
Welsh
3 entries- dynodi verb (to indicate, mark)
- dynodi verb (to convey as meaning)
- golygu verb (to convey as meaning)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The tilde is used in math to denote equivalence.
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The "holy" book must be called by its real name: accursed book. The words "god", "saviour" and "saint" are insults and denote a criminal.
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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.
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