connote

From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈnəʊt/, /kɒˈnəʊt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈnoʊt/

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

connote (third-person singular simple present connotes, present participle connoting, simple past and past participle connoted)

1. (transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

   Coordinate terms: denote, evoke, allude

   Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.

2. (transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.

   Poverty connotes hunger.

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3. (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
4. (intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

• (possess an inseparable condition): entail, imply
• (express without overt reference): entail, imply
• (require as a logical predicate): predicate

• connotation
• connotative
• connotatively
• connotive

• denote

• contone

connote

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of connotar

connote

1. inflection of connoter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

connote

1. inflection of connotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative