denominate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they denominate | |
| he / she / it denominates | |
| past simple denominated | |
| past participle denominated | |
| -ing form denominating |
- denominate something (in something)
to express an amount of money using a particular unit 以（某种货币）为单位 - denominate somebody (as) something (formal)
to give something a particular name or description 将…命名为；称…为
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from Latin denominat- ‘named’, from the verb denominare, from de- ‘away, formally’ + nominare ‘to name’ (from nomen, nomin- ‘name’). Sense (1) dates from the mid 20th cent.