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connote Definition

con·note (kə nōt′)

transitive verb -·not′ed, -·not′·ing

  1. to suggest or convey (associations, overtones, etc.) in addition to the explicit, or denoted, meaning the word “mother” means “female parent,” but it generally connotes love, care, tenderness, etc.
  2. to imply or involve as a result, accompaniment, etc.

Etymology: ML connotare < L com-, together + notare, to mark: see note

connote Synonyms

connote

v.

imply, suggest, indicate; see hint, mean 1.

connote Usage Examples

Object

  • system: In order to create a meaning within the connoted system ( the grammar lesson ), the reader has to do two things.
  • something: However, ' a work of art ' , etc. also connotes something that has achieved a certain cultural status.
  • degree: The latitude connotes the appropriate degree of deference by court to public body.
  • idea: By making, we connote the idea of a process by which a material, anthropogenically, is transformed into something else.
  • thing: The accompanying text ' Copyright 1924 MG Sports Cars ' at first seems inconsequential but on closer inspection connotes many different things.
  • meaning: Likewise, in the contemporary USA or UK, the house frame can connote different meaning for property speculators and homeless persons.

Modifying Another Word

  • also: However, ' a work of art ' , etc. also connotes something that has achieved a certain cultural status.
  • not: By itself, of course, the word eimi does not connote eternal preexistence.
  • necessarily: Neither in Hebrew nor in English does the word necessarily connote a making out of nothing.
  • often: Specific body alterations often connote social as well as spiritual status.
  • always: Kneeling especially by no means always connotes supreme adoration.
  • positively: Listen out for them and see how often you hear them being used to positively connote someone's behavior or choices.