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denote
English
Etymology
From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- (“complete”) and notare (“to mark out”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??n??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??no?t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Verb
denote (third-person singular simple present denotes, present participle denoting, simple past and past participle denoted)
- (transitive) To indicate; to mark.
- (transitive) To make overt. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as meaning.
Derived terms
- denotation
- denotative
Translations
Portuguese
Verb
denote
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of denotar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of denotar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of denotar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of denotar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?note/, [d?e?no.t?e]
Verb
denote
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of denotar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of denotar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of denotar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of denotar.
denote From the web:
- what denotes particles in a liquid state
- what denotes a perfect organ match
- what denotes struggle for god and islam
- what denotes a conscious appreciation for the arts
- what denotes mean
- what denotes a normal female genotype
- what denotes a fever
- what denotes the sides of the square in tiles
characterize
English
Alternative forms
- characterise
Etymology
From Medieval Latin characterizare, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kharakt?ríz?, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from ???????? (kharakt?r, “a mark, character”). Synchronically analyzable as character +? -ize.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k???kt??a?z/, /?kæ??kt??a?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kæ??kt??a?z/
- Hyphenation: char?ac?ter?ize
Verb
characterize (third-person singular simple present characterizes, present participle characterizing, simple past and past participle characterized)
- (transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).
- (transitive) To be typical of.
- (transitive) To determine the characteristics of.
Derived terms
- characterization
- subcharacterize
Translations
Further reading
- characterize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- characterize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
characterize From the web:
- what characterizes static stretching
- what characterizes tempera paintings
- what characterized the actions of the first triumvirate
- what characterizes a partisan speech
- what characterizes developing economies
- what characterizes a republic as a form of government
- what characterizes healthy body composition
- what characterized roman architecture
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