Denotation

//ˌdiː.noʊˈteɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "denotation" (54 found)

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Translations

31 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • главно значение noun (primary or explicit meaning)
  • обозначение noun (something signified or referred to)
  • означаване noun (act of denoting)

Catalan

2 entries
  • denotació noun (act of denoting)
  • denotació noun (primary or explicit meaning)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aanduiding noun (something signified or referred to)
  • beschrijving noun (act of denoting)
  • betekenis noun (primary or explicit meaning)
  • betekenis noun (something signified or referred to)

Finnish

4 entries
  • denotaatio noun (primary or explicit meaning)
  • merkitseminen noun (act of denoting)
  • merkitys noun (something signified or referred to)
  • merkki noun (act of denoting)

French

1 entries
  • dénotation noun (act of denoting)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • jel noun (something signified or referred to)
  • jelentés noun (primary or explicit meaning)
  • megjelölés noun (act of denoting)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • denotasi noun (primary or explicit meaning)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • merkitsömiin noun (act of denoting)

Italian

1 entries
  • denotazione noun (act of denoting)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • denotação noun (act of denoting)
  • denotação noun (primary or explicit meaning)
  • denotação noun (something signified or referred to)

Spanish

3 entries
  • denotación noun (act of denoting)
  • denotación noun (primary or explicit meaning)
  • denotación noun (something signified or referred to)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dynodiad noun (primary or explicit meaning)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Through both denotation and connotation, many Turkish names are weighty with symbolism. Before the Second World War, the European system of name-giving was adopted, and the people of Turkey chose new surnames for themselves from a list of names which had been created on the basis of etymology and semantics.

Source: tatoeba (5177439)

The denotations of the two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" are the same (i.e. both expressions denote the planet Venus), but their connotations are different.

Source: wiktionary

Regarding denotation, the terms were generally used to refer to a wide range of language contact varieties and features.

Source: wiktionary

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