"denote" meaning in English

See denote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈnəʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈnoʊt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-denote.ogg Forms: denotes [present, singular, third-person], denoting [participle, present], denoted [participle, past], denoted [past]
Rhymes: -əʊt Etymology: From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- (“complete”) and notare (“to mark out”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|denoter}} Middle French denoter, {{der|en|la|denotare}} Latin denotare Head templates: {{en-verb}} denote (third-person singular simple present denotes, present participle denoting, simple past and past participle denoted)
  1. (transitive) To indicate; to mark. Tags: transitive Translations (to indicate, mark): σημαίνω (sēmaínō) (Ancient Greek), означавам (označavam) (Bulgarian), aangeven (Dutch), merkitä (Finnish), tarkoittaa (Finnish), osoittaa (Finnish), dénoter (French), indiquer (French), marquer (French), denotar (Galician), markieren (German), kennzeichnen (German), bezeichnen (German), anzeigen (German), formalisieren (German), merkitä (Ingrian), tähentää (Ingrian), indicare (Italian), نشان دادن (nešân dâdan) (Persian), denotar (Portuguese), indicar (Portuguese), отмеча́ть (otmečátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обознача́ть (oboznačátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), различа́ть (različátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отлича́ть (otličátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), señalar (Spanish), denotar (Spanish), marcar (Spanish), позначати (poznačaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-denote-en-verb-EjyRxbDO Disambiguation of 'to indicate, mark': 94 1 5
  2. (transitive) To make overt. Tags: transitive Translations (to make overt): показвам (pokazvam) (Bulgarian), издавам (izdavam) (Bulgarian), aanduiden (Dutch), ilmaista (Finnish), paljastaa (Finnish), preisgeben (German), offenlegen (German), offenbaren (German), aufdecken (German), rivelare (Italian), فاش کردن (fâš kardan) (Persian), revelar (Portuguese), пока́зывать (pokázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ука́зывать (ukázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), свиде́тельствовать (svidételʹstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), revelar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-denote-en-verb-XacJTrUx Disambiguation of 'to make overt': 0 99 0
  3. (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning. Tags: transitive Translations (to convey as meaning): σημαίνω (sēmaínō) (Ancient Greek), betekenen (Dutch), merkitä (Finnish), tarkoittaa (Finnish), dénoter (French), signifier (French), bedeuten (German), symbolisieren (German), significare (Italian), angi (Norwegian), denotar (Portuguese), indicar (Portuguese), зна́чить (znáčitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), означа́ть (označátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), символизи́ровать (simvolizírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), significar (Spanish), denotar (Spanish), означати (označaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-denote-en-verb-nmaY9c5T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 34 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 25 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 11 29 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 31 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 25 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 28 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 26 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 15 22 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 21 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 21 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 21 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 13 19 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of 'to convey as meaning': 7 2 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: denotation, denotative Related terms: connote

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The yellow blazes denote the trail.",
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          "ref": "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 9:",
          "text": "together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that can denote me truly",
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          "ref": "1951 January, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Markings”, in Railway Magazine, page 73:",
          "text": "The letters \"SC\" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1982 December 25, J. Grainger, “Gay-by-Gay Calendars at a Glance”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 9:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To indicate; to mark."
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        "(transitive) To indicate; to mark."
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
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          "roman": "označavam",
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          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "indiquer"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "marquer"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "denotar"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "markieren"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "kennzeichnen"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "anzeigen"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "formalisieren"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
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          "roman": "sēmaínō",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "tähentää"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "indicare"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nešân dâdan",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "نشان دادن"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "denotar"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "indicar"
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          "roman": "otmečátʹ",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
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          "word": "отмеча́ть"
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          "roman": "oboznačátʹ",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
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          "word": "обознача́ть"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
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          "roman": "različátʹ",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
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          "word": "различа́ть"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
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          "roman": "otličátʹ",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
          "word": "señalar"
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          "_dis1": "94 1 5",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "poznačaty",
          "sense": "to indicate, mark",
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        "(transitive) To make overt."
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
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          "roman": "pokazvam",
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
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          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "aanduiden"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "ilmaista"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "paljastaa"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "preisgeben"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "offenlegen"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "offenbaren"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "aufdecken"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "rivelare"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "fâš kardan",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "فاش کردن"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "revelar"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "pokázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to make overt",
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          "word": "пока́зывать"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
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          "roman": "ukázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to make overt",
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          "word": "ука́зывать"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "svidételʹstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "свиде́тельствовать"
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make overt",
          "word": "revelar"
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        "(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning."
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "betekenen"
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          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "merkitä"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "tarkoittaa"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "dénoter"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "signifier"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "bedeuten"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "symbolisieren"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sēmaínō",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "σημαίνω"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "significare"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "angi"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "denotar"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "word": "indicar"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "znáčitʹ",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "зна́чить"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "označátʹ",
          "sense": "to convey as meaning",
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          "word": "означа́ть"
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "_dis1": "7 2 91",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
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          "ref": "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 9:",
          "text": "together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that can denote me truly",
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          "ref": "1951 January, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Markings”, in Railway Magazine, page 73:",
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          "ref": "1982 December 25, J. Grainger, “Gay-by-Gay Calendars at a Glance”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 23, page 9:",
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        "(transitive) To indicate; to mark."
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        "(transitive) To make overt."
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "označavam",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "означавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "aangeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "merkitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "tarkoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "osoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "dénoter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "indiquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "marquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "denotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "markieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "kennzeichnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "bezeichnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "anzeigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "formalisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sēmaínō",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "σημαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "merkitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "tähentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "indicare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nešân dâdan",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "نشان دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "denotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "indicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmečátʹ",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отмеча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oboznačátʹ",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обознача́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "različátʹ",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "различа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otličátʹ",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отлича́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "señalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "denotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "marcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poznačaty",
      "sense": "to indicate, mark",
      "word": "позначати"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokazvam",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "показвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izdavam",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "издавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "aanduiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "ilmaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "paljastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "preisgeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "offenlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "offenbaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "aufdecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "rivelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fâš kardan",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "فاش کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "revelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пока́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ука́зывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svidételʹstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "свиде́тельствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make overt",
      "word": "revelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "betekenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "merkitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "tarkoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "dénoter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "signifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "bedeuten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "symbolisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sēmaínō",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "σημαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "significare"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "angi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "denotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "indicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znáčitʹ",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зна́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "označátʹ",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "означа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "simvolizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "символизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "significar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "denotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "označaty",
      "sense": "to convey as meaning",
      "word": "означати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "denote"
}

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