flag

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of cloth with a design that represents a country, group, or idea.

   The flag of France has three vertical stripes.

2. 2
   verb

   To mark something so that people will notice it or pay attention to it.

   Please flag any mistakes you find in the report.

Common collocations

• pirate flag Noun + noun

From Middle English flag, flagge (“flag”), further etymology uncertain. Perhaps from or related to early Middle English flage (name for a baby's garment) and Old English flagg, flacg (“cataplasm, poultice, plaster”). Or, perhaps ultimately imitative, or otherwise drawn from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), referring to the shape. Germanic cognates include Saterland Frisian Flaage (“flag”), West Frisian flagge (“flag”), Dutch vlag (“flag”), German Flagge (“flag”), Swedish flagga (“flag”), Danish flag (“flag, ship's flag”). Compar…

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