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   flag

   /flaɡ/

   noun

   • 1. a piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities: "the American flag"
   • ▪ used in reference to one's home country or its system of beliefs and values: "he pledged allegiance to the flag"
   • ▪ the ensign carried by a flagship as an emblem of an admiral's rank: "Hawke first hoisted his flag at Spithead"
   • 2. a small piece of cloth attached at one edge to a pole and used as a marker or signal in various sports: "the flag's up"
   • ▪ a drawing or symbol resembling a flag, used as a marker: "golf courses are indicated by a numbered flag on the map"
   • ▪ a small paper badge given to people who donate to a charity appeal in the street.
   • ▪ a mechanism that can be raised to indicate that a taxi is for hire.
   • 3. a variable used to indicate a particular property of the data in a record.

   verb

   • 1. mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way: "the spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary"
   • ▪ draw attention to (something): "problems often flag the need for organizational change"
   • 2. (of an official) raise a flag to draw the referee's attention to a breach of the rules in soccer, rugby, and other sports: "the goalkeeper brought down Hendrie and a linesman immediately flagged"
   • ▪ charge (a player) with a penalty by dropping a penalty flag: "a play in which he was flagged for being offside"
   • 3. provide or decorate with a flag or flags.
   • ▪ register (a vessel) in a particular country, under whose flag it then sails.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: perhaps from obsolete flag ‘drooping’, of unknown ultimate origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flagger noun

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