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to connote

to connote

8 7.0
To suggest an idea or feeling beyond the exact meaning
  • verb
  • /kəˈnoʊt/
translation icon : connotar
  • Home, however, connotes not only a physical or spatial condition but also social and habitual conditions.
  • names connote
  • term connotes
  • connotes certain characteristics

How you give that up beat connotes the tempo and connotes the character and the dynamic.

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Examples

  • My second argument: Obsession connotes excess, and excess, in turn, unnecessity.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • So, the adjective humanistic soon came to connote not just the subject but also the style of the writing.

    Academic text (1990)
  • But while loss spells failure, large profits do not connote success.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Of course, "vice" and "sin" connote different things to different religions and cultures.

    Academic text (2012)
  • At the extreme limit, the image connotes death and burial.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The term home connotes warmth, safety, and belonging for many people.

  • In literature, certain colors can connote feelings and emotions beyond their literal meaning.

  • Using the word slim often connotes a positive perception of health and attractiveness.

Synonyms

to imply
vsto connote
367 3.5

Suggest something without saying it directly

expresses an extra associated meaning beyond the literal sense

How Suggestive

to evoke
71 4.8
to connote
8 7.0
to imply
367 3.5

Surface Forms

connote infinitive
connoted past
connoted past participle
connoting present participle
connotes third person singular

Morphology

connote = note (semi-transparent) = con + note

Formally built from the prefix 'con-' + 'note', but the modern sense 'to imply' is not a direct, everyday extension of 'note' for many learners.

Etymology

Connote comes from Latin parts com- ('with') and notare ('to mark'), and it shares the same root as the everyday word note. So, to connote is for something to carry an extra meaning along with its basic meaning.