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connote

See also: connoté

English

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WOTD – 3 November 2007

Etymology

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

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

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Asturian

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Verb

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connote

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

French

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connote

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

Spanish

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Verb

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connote

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