Denote



GRE TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 表示; 指示意义
• ［英］ v. 表示; 指示意义 ( to mark, indicate, signify)
• ［记］ 参考: connote ( v. 含蓄, 暗示suggest or imply)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- + notare to note
• Date: 1562
• 1. to serve as an indication of ; betoken <the swollen bellies that denote starvation>
• 2. to serve as an arbitrary mark for <red flares denoting danger>
• 3. to make known ; announce <his crestfallen look denoted his distress>
• 4.
  • a. to serve as a linguistic expression of the notion of ; mean
  • b. to stand for ; designate
• ? denotement noun

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