denote

verb
/dɪˈnəʊt/UK/dɪˈnoʊt/US

Etymology

From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- (“complete”) and notare (“to mark out”).

  1. derived from denotare
  2. derived from denoter

Definitions

  1. To indicate

    To indicate; to mark.

    • The yellow blazes denote the trail.
    • together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that can denote me truly
    • The letters "SC" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.
  2. To make overt.

  3. To refer to literally

    To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.

    • The prefix pre- denotes "before", as in preview.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at denote. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at denote. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at denote

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA