connote en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /kɒˈnəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəˈnəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəˈnoʊt/ (US)
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
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(transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
Poverty connotes hunger.
Doctors should be reminded that absence of evidence does not connote a mental illness …
2025 March 25, Shreyas Teegala, Simar Bajaj, For Some Women With Serious Physical Ailments, Mental Illness Has Become a Scapegoat Diagnosis:
- (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
- (intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| connoted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| connoted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| connotes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| connoting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Relateds
connotatively · connotative · denote · connotive · connotation
Synonyms
imply (express without overt reference) · entail (possess an inseparable condition) · entail (express without overt reference) · imply (possess an inseparable condition) · predicate (require as a logical predicate)
Translations (42)
de konnotieren (to signify beyond principal meaning) · pl przywoływaćprzywodzić na myśl (to imply, to suggest) · ro implica (to signify beyond principal meaning) · de konnotieren (to imply, to suggest) · oc connotar (to signify beyond principal meaning) · de suggerieren (to imply, to suggest) · ast connotar (to signify beyond principal meaning) · sh sugerisati (to signify beyond principal meaning) · sv innebära (to imply, to suggest) · mi tohutua (to signify beyond principal meaning) · fr impliquer (to imply, to suggest) · fr connoter (to imply, to suggest) · pt conotar (to imply, to suggest) · sh implicirati (to imply, to suggest) · es connotar (to signify beyond principal meaning) · sh konotirati (to signify beyond principal meaning) · pt conotar (to signify beyond principal meaning) · sl namigovati (to imply, to suggest) · fr connoter (to signify beyond principal meaning) · de bedeuten (to signify beyond principal meaning) · pl sugerować (to signify beyond principal meaning) · gl connotar (to signify beyond principal meaning) · ro sugera (to signify beyond principal meaning) · sl sugerirati (to imply, to suggest) · hu utal (to imply, to suggest) · ca connotar (to signify beyond principal meaning) · sl konotirati (to signify beyond principal meaning) · it connotare (to imply, to suggest) · sh konotirati (to imply, to suggest) · pl konotować (to imply, to suggest) · de bedeuten (to imply, to suggest) · it connotare (to signify beyond principal meaning) · ro implica (to imply, to suggest) · rm proponer (to imply, to suggest) · fr impliquer (to signify beyond principal meaning) · it implicare (to imply, to suggest) · fr désigner (to signify beyond principal meaning) · bg означавам (to imply, to suggest) · es connotar (to imply, to suggest) · ru означа́ть (to imply, to suggest) · ru подразумевать (to signify beyond principal meaning) · fr indiquer (to signify beyond principal meaning)