connote
Use Connote in a sentence
verb (used with 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.
verb (used without object)
3.
to have significance only by association, as with another word: Adjectives can only connote, nouns can denote.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (of a word, phrase, etc) to imply or suggest (associations or ideas) other than the literal meaning: the word "maiden" connotes modesty |
| 2. | to involve as a consequence or condition |
| [C17: from Medieval Latin connotāre, from notāre to mark, make a note, from nota mark, sign, note] | |
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Connote
is a TOEFL word you need to know.
So is geography. Does it mean:
| to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; to admit an opponent's victory before it is officially established |
| the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements. |
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Word Origin & History
connote
1660s, from M.L. connotare "to mark along with," from con- "with" + notare "to mark" (see note). A common word in medieval logic.
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Example sentences
Both proper and common nouns are found to connote the attributes of objects as their content.
Reciprocity does not in any way connote protectionism.
Suddenly, the good tailoring doesn't seem to connote so much honor.
The order in which the recommendations are presented is not intended to connote importance or priority.
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