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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denote.

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Examples

  • As the Oxford Companion to Food points out, technically the word denotes simply a split pulse, but in India it has come to encompass all dried peas and beans, as well as dishes in which they are the principal ingredient – "of which," the authors explain, somewhat dauntingly, "there are least 60 kinds".

    How to cook perfect dhal 2011

  • As the Oxford Companion to Food points out, technically the word denotes simply a split pulse, but in India it has come to encompass all dried peas and beans, as well as dishes in which they are the principal ingredient – "of which," the authors explain, somewhat dauntingly, "there are least 60 kinds".

    How to cook perfect dhal 2011

  • The term denotes a voter who will vote for anything with the “D” after their name, especially when running against a Republican.

    Martha Coakley Disses Fenway Park, Shaking Hands With Bostonians. No, Really. - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2010

  • When "masculine" is applied to women, the term denotes mannish features or severe unattractiveness.

    "Courage is not solely for men, but it is mainly for men." Ann Althouse 2009

  • Wikipedia says this: The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H.

    Steampunk goes mainstream scusteister 2008

  • Certain maximal concepts, such as “the greatest speed” are, he pointed out, fundamentally incoherent, and the term denotes nothing (G 4: 359-60.)

    Kant and Leibniz Wilson, Catherine 2008

  • He recruited Greg Robbins, a similarly dislodged contractor, to participate in this skunkworks project (the term denotes an initiative, often too risky for official approval, undertaken sub rosa).

    They Hacked Real Good, For Free 2007

  • The phrase denotes direction, but is also temporal.

    I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006

  • The phrase denotes direction, but is also temporal.

    I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006

  • At a more pedestrian level, the term denotes protestants as opposed to Catholics.

    Intercultural Religion Mis-interpretation Michael Turton 2006

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