Meaning of flag In English

• 0 a piece of cloth, usually rectangular and attached to a pole at one edge, that has a pattern that shows it represents a country or a group, or has a particular meaning:

  • Flags of all the participating countries are flying outside the stadium.

  • Flags were flapping/fluttering in the breeze.

  • The guard waved his flag and the train pulled away from the station.

• 1 a flagstone

• 2 a flower that is a type of large iris

• 3 to put a mark on something so it can be found easily among other similar things:

  • Flag any files that might be useful later.

  • We'll flag the records of interest in the database and then we can give you a print-out.

• 4 to warn or tell people about something that is important or is a problem:

  • I'd just like to flag a couple of issues with the project.

  • The inspection team flagged a potential groundwater pollution problem.

  • A laboratory test might have flagged up the potential dangers at a much earlier stage.

• 5 to become tired, weaker, or less effective:

  • I was starting to flag after the ninth mile.

  • The conversation was flagging.

• 6 a piece of cloth with a special color and pattern, used as a symbol esp. to represent a particular country or group:

  • the American flag

  • The man waved a red warning flag.

• 7 to mark something so it can be found easily among other similar things:

  • She asked me to flag the names that appear on both lists.

• 8 to become tired or less strong:

  • My interest in the story flagged.

• 9 to put a mark on something or against something so it can be found easily among other similar things:

  • Flag any files which might be useful later.

• 10 to mark computer information with one of two possible values so that you can process it later:

  • We'll flag the records of interest in the database and then we can give you a printout.

• 11 to become tired, weaker, or less effective:

  • We had been working on the presentation for six hours and I was beginning to flag.

  • They denied that demand for the new product was flagging.

• 12 a piece of cloth, usually rectangular and fixed to a pole at one edge, that has a pattern that shows it represents a country or a group, or has a particular meaning:

  • a container ship sailing under the Indonesian flag

• 13 a mark that you put on or against something to show that it is important:

  • You can put a flag on any email message that you know you will need to go back to and read again.

• 14 to show support for the country, group, or organization that you belong to:

  • The government was accused of failing to fly the flag for British farmers at the negotiations.