Flag

Quick meaning: Flag is a noun meaning (countable) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.

Meaning

(countable) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.

More Meanings

1. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
2. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
3. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
4. (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
5. The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
6. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
7. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

Example Sentences

The flag of France has three vertical stripes.

[…] and then the OFF flag popped up and the needle went dead.

This will be used as a help message if the user passes in the --help flag, like so: […]

We call P (combinatorially) regular if its automorphism group Γ(P) is transitive on its flags.

Word Forms

• flags
• flagging
• flagged

Synonyms for flag

Depending on context, synonyms include Boolean, switch, option, dart, swag, droop.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ensign, flagstone, pin, swag, sag, droop.

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