Denote has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
be a sign or indication of
"Her smile denoted that she agreed"
have as a meaning
"`multi-' denotes `many' "
make known; make an announcement
"She denoted her feelings clearly"
To indicate; to mark.
"The red circle denotes the location of the nearest hospital on the map."
The word denote comes from the Middle French denoter, which was borrowed from the Latin verb meaning "to mark out completely." It entered English with this sense of indicating or pointing to something specific.