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connote
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
connote
(verb)
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connote
/kə
ˈ
noʊt/
verb
connotes
;
connoted
;
connoting
connote
/kə
ˈ
noʊt/
verb
connotes
;
connoted
;
connoting
Learner's definition of CONNOTE
[
+ object
]
formal, of a word
:
to make you think about (something) in addition to the word's meaning
The word “childlike”
connotes
innocence.
For her, the word “family”
connotes
love and comfort.
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