Denote
Flag
Common collocations
| character | denote character | flag character |
Both words in one sentence
- It is hinted, and confirmed in the fourth DLC, that the flag is the image of Ulysses, the Greater Scope Villain waiting for you in The Divide, and the flag and its colors denote where he's been and what he found there.
Source: Arc Symbol -
An inverted flag is generally used to denote a state of emergency - or protest and discontent (it's a form of desecration and outlawed in several countries).
Source: Video Game / Spec Ops: The Line -
Note: This is not a repository for every time the number thirteen just happened to appear in history (we're looking at you, Apollo XIII and the thirteen stripes on the United States flag), this is for when writers use the number thirteen to denote something bad, or just really unusual.
Source: 13 Is Unlucky
Cite this Source
Flag and Denote. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/denote/flag
Denote & Flag. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/denote/flag>.
Flag or Denote. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/denote/flag.
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