connote
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
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.
- Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
- (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
[edit] Synonyms
- (possess an inseparable condition): entail, imply
- (express without overt reference): entail, imply
- (require as a logical predicate): predicate
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
to signify beyond principal meaning
to imply, to suggest
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[edit] French
[edit] Verb
connote
- first-person singular present indicative of connoter
- third-person singular present indicative of connoter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of connoter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of connoter
- second-person singular imperative of connoter
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
connote (infinitive connotar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of connotar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of connotar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of connotar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of connotar.
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