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# denote

«denote» in Mova's school dictionary: **To be a sign or symbol for something; to stand for** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (denote, denotes, denoted, denoting) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) To be a sign or symbol for something; to stand for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#m1)

2) (formal) To show or mean something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Common in maths and science: "let x denote the number of apples", "the symbol + denotes adding". On maps, a blue line denotes a river. Phrases: let x denote, denoted by.

### examples

- Let n denote the number of children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#x1)
- The symbol ÷ denotes division. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#x2)
- On the map, a blue line denotes a river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#x3)
- A red flag denotes danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#x4)
- The letter m denotes metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#x5)
- Stars denote the best answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#x6)
- One wore a cap of two staring colors, denoting the class of persons to which she belonged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denote/#x7)

### note

Formal; plain words: stand for, mean, show. In algebra, "let x denote" names the unknown you want to find.

### Trees and pragmatics

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