Words / B1

FLAG/flæɡ/

A flag is a piece of cloth with a special design that represents a country or organisation: the British flag; fly a flag; a flagpole. A banner is often a long cloth with words; a symbol is the wider idea. Raise / lower the flag; under the flag of. Flag as a verb (flag a taxi / flag a problem) is a different, later use — at B1 the noun is the cloth symbol. National flag is a set phrase.

Meaning

A piece of cloth with a special design that represents a country or organisation.

Examples

• “The British flag was flying outside the building.”
• “Each country raises its national flag at the start of the ceremony.”
• “Fans waved flags all through the match.”

Good to know

fly / raise / lower a flag. national flag. Long cloth with words: banner. Wider idea: symbol.

Near in meaning

banner

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