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noun the act of indicating or pointing out by name
noun the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
originFrom Late Latin dēnotātiō, from Latin dēnotāre (“to denote, mark out”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from dē- (“completely”) + notāre (“to mark”); equivalent to denote + -ation.
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