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See also: connoté
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), notō (“mark”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈnəʊt/, /kɒˈnəʊt/
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈnoʊt/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊt
Verb
[edit]connote (third-person singular simple present connotes, present participle connoting, simple past and past participle connoted)
- (transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
- (transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
- Poverty connotes hunger.
- (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
- (intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
Synonyms
[edit]- (possess an inseparable condition): entail, imply
- (express without overt reference): entail, imply
- (require as a logical predicate): predicate
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to signify beyond principal meaning
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to imply, to suggest
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See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Verb
[edit]connote
French
[edit]Verb
[edit]connote
- inflection of connoter:
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]connote
- inflection of connotar:
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