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Audio Help [kuh-noht] Pronunciation Key verb, -not·ed, -not·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning: The word “fireplace” often connotes hospitality, warm comfort, etc. |
| 2. | to involve as a condition or accompaniment: Injury connotes pain. |
| 3. | to have significance only by association, as with another word: Adjectives can only connote, nouns can denote. |
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tr.v. con·not·ed, con·not·ing, con·notes
[Medieval Latin connotāre, to mark along with : Latin com-, com- + Latin notāre, to mark (from nota, mark; see gnō- in Indo-European roots).] |
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| connote | |
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| 1. | express or state indirectly [syn: imply] |
| 2. | involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" |
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Connote
Con"no*tate\, v. t. [L. con- + notatus, p. p.of notare to mark. Cf. Connote.] To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. --Hammond.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Connote
Con*no"ta*tive\ (? or ?), a. 1. Implying something additional; illative. 2. (Log.) Implying an attribute. See Connote. Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. --J. S. Mill.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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