denote
verb (formal)- denote something | denote that…
to be a sign of something synonym indicate标志;预示;象征 Extra ExamplesSuch headdresses denoted accomplished warriors and were adopted from the Plains tribes. 这种头饰象征着有成就的战士,是从平原部落中引进的。 The white belt signifies/denotes that he's an absolute beginner. 白腰带表示他完全是个新手。
- denote something | denote what, when, etc…
to mean something synonym represent表示;意指 compare connote
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘be a sign of, mark out’): from French dénoter or Latin denotare, from de- ‘away, thoroughly’ + notare ‘observe, note’ (from nota ‘a mark’).