DENOMINATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they denominate ... he / she / it denominates

Past simple: denominated

Past participle: denominated

-ing form: denominating

Meaning:

Assign a name or title to

Synonyms:

denominate; designate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "denominate"):

denote (be a sign or indication of)

number (give numbers to)

label (assign a label to; designate with a label)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

denomination (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)

denomination (a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money)

denomination (a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith)