FLAG


Meaning of FLAG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ flæg ]

( flags, flagging, flagged)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A flag is a piece of cloth which can be attached to a pole and which is used as a sign, signal, or symbol of something, especially of a particular country.

The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag...

They had raised the white flag in surrender.

N-COUNT

2.

Journalists sometimes refer to the flag of a particular country or organization as a way of referring to the country or organization itself and its values or power.

Joining John Whitaker will be his brother Michael also riding under the British flag...

N-COUNT : with supp , usu adj N , N of n

3.

If you flag or if your spirits flag , you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy.

His enthusiasm was in no way flagging...

By 4,000m he was beginning to flag.

VERB : V , V

4.

see also flagged

5.

If you fly the flag , you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.

PHRASE : V inflects

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.