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Connote

//kəˈnəʊt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning. transitive

    "Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance."

  2. 2
    express or state indirectly wordnet
  3. 3
    To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence. transitive

    "Poverty connotes hunger."

  4. 4
    involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic wordnet
  5. 5
    To express without overt reference; to imply. intransitive
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  1. 6
    To require as a logical predicate to consequence. intransitive

Etymology

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

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