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denote

/dɪˈnəʊt/dih-NOHT
/dɪˈnoʊt/dih-NOHT

Meaningmark out

Common meaning: indicate or mean

‘down, away, from’ + ‘a mark’ → denote

Journey through time

  • de — Latin de- “down, away, from” (path traced)
  • note — Latin nota; notō “a mark; to mark” (path traced)

Parts join in Latin as denotare.

  1. Latinde- + notare‘down, away, from + a mark; to mark’source
  2. Latindenotare‘mark out’source
  3. Old Frenchdenoter‘to denote, shew’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsmark out → indicate or meandenote‘indicate or mean’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin denotare, which Skeat (Concise Dictionary, 1911) analyses as de- ‘down, away, from’ + notare ‘a mark; to mark’.

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