connote

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/kəˈnəʊt/
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/kəˈnəʊt/ · /kɒˈnəʊt/ · /kəˈnoʊt/ (US)

Definition of connote

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
    “Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
    “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.”
    “Doctors should be reminded that absence of evidence does not connote a mental illness …”
  3. (intransitive)To express without overt reference; to imply.
  4. (intransitive)To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

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Etymology

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

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