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denotation Definition

de·no·ta·tion (dē′nō tā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of denoting
  2. the direct, explicit meaning or reference of a word or term
  3. an indication or sign
  4. Rare a distinguishing name; designation
  5. Logic the class of all the particular objects to which a term refers; extension

Etymology: LL denotatio

denotation Synonyms

denotation

n.

explicit meaning, implication, signification; see definition 1, meaning.

denotation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • word: In Advaita, the denotation of a word is the universal.
  • sentence: We now work toward a theoretical description of the denotation of the sentence as a whole.
  • name: The reference and denotation of the names for these shapes are therefore reliably gap-indifferent.

Converse of object

  • have: The word dentist has the denotation ' man or woman who fixes teeth ' .
  • assign: The application is taken as the model that is used in assigning the denotation.
  • use: One solution to this ambiguity is to use sequential denotations with lower case letters.

Adjective modifier

  • same: The expressions '4 ' and ' 8/2 ' have the same denotation but express different senses, different ways of conceiving the same number.
  • original: Perhaps a connotation will take the place of the original denotation.
  • such: But subtle problems can arise when computers interpret such denotations as numbers and not as strings.
  • pure: The photograph made a new kind of status available to the preserved document, that of pure denotation.