denotation
— Noun
– English
～ the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
denotation
— Noun
– English
～ the act of indicating or pointing out by name
denotative
— Adjective
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～ in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
denotative
— Adjective
– English
～ having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
denotatum
— Noun
– English
～ an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression
denote
— Verb
– English
～ have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
denote
— Verb
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～ be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed"
denote
— Verb
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～ make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly"
denotive
— Adjective
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～ having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
denouement
— Noun
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～ the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
denouement
— Noun
– English
～ the outcome of a complex sequence of events
denounce
— Verb
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～ to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
denounce
— Verb
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～ give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
denounce
— Verb
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～ speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"
denounce
— Verb
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～ announce the termination of, as of treaties
denouncement
— Noun
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～ a public act of denouncing
dense
— Adjective
– English
～ having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"
dense
— Adjective
– English
～ hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"
dense
— Adjective
– English
～ slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
dense
— Adjective
– English
～ permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"