connoted; connoting
1
a
: to convey in addition to exact explicit meaning
all the misery that poverty connotes
For her, the word "family" connotes love and comfort.
b
: to imply as a logical connotation
2
: to be associated with or inseparable from as a consequence or concomitant
the remorse so often connoted by guilt
Examples of connote in a Sentence
The word “childlike” connotes innocence.
For her, the word “family” connotes love and comfort.
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Yael Eban & Matthew Gamber Several artists made use of objects that immediately connote academia.
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Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 5 July 2024
The more ancient word in the Old Testament is the Hebrew shalom, which also connotes a flourishing soul.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
The term, in the biblical sense, connotes an awe and respect of a greater, not entirely knowable power that puts humanity in its proper place.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
The figures of the mermaid, the nymph, and the water queen all connote a kind of eroticized, passive to-be-looked-at-ness, to borrow the film theorist Laura Mulvey’s term.
—Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
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Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 5 July 2024
The more ancient word in the Old Testament is the Hebrew shalom, which also connotes a flourishing soul.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
The term, in the biblical sense, connotes an awe and respect of a greater, not entirely knowable power that puts humanity in its proper place.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
The figures of the mermaid, the nymph, and the water queen all connote a kind of eroticized, passive to-be-looked-at-ness, to borrow the film theorist Laura Mulvey’s term.
—Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
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connote
verb
con·note
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connoted; connoting
: to suggest in addition to the exact meaning
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