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connotating

connotating is the present participle and gerund of connotate.

Meaning of connotate

Verb

connotate (third-person singular simple present connotates, present participle connotating, simple past and past participle connotated)

  1. To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply.
    • George stared at her curiously. To his mind the word rompers connotated a garment extraneously smeared, as this one.1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 3, in The Lees of Happiness

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Questions about connotating

What is connotating the present participle and gerund of?
Connotating is the present participle and gerund of connotate.

Words near connotating in the dictionary

  1. connorstictic acid
  2. connotable
  3. connotate
  4. connotated
  5. connotates
  6. connotating
  7. connotation
  8. connotational
  9. connotationally
  10. connotationless
  11. connotations

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