Denoting
[di'nəutɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Denote
Editor: Rochelle
Examples
- Apothecaries' profit is become a bye-word, denoting something uncommonly extravagant. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Master and man are at length disturbed by footsteps in the passage, where they make an unusual sound, denoting the arrival of unusual company. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Popular terms denoting knowledge have always retained the connection with ability in action lost by academic philosophies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They seem to have been called customs, as denoting customary payments, which had been in use for time immemorial. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Rochelle