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# denominate

«denominate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to state it in a particular currency or unit** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (denominate, denominates, denominated, denominating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, money) To denominate an amount or a price is to state it in a particular currency or unit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/#m1)

2) (formal) To denominate something is to give it a name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal money word in news and economics: «prices are denominated in dollars». Children more often meet the related words denomination (the value of a coin or note, like a £5 note; or a Christian group such as Methodists or Catholics) and denominator (the bottom number of a fraction).

### examples

- Oil prices are denominated in US dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/#x1)
- The prize was denominated in euros. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/#x2)
- The loan was denominated in pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/#x3)
- Old Latin books denominate the river by another name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/#x4)
- Many international prices are denominated in dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/#x5)
- The cost was denominated in both currencies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/#x6)

### note

Formal and rare. Related: denomination (a coin's value; a church group), denominator (fraction's bottom number: in 3/4 the denominator is 4). In money problems, «denominated in pounds» means the amount is counted in pounds.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «denominate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denominate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.