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Flag

flaɡ

Flag definitions
noun
flag flags
  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
flags flagging flagged flag
  1. mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way

    "the spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary"

    indicate identify pick out point out
    • 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