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connote

UK/kəˈnəʊt//kəˈnoʊt/

connote verb: to signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

Verb

connote (third-person singular simple present connotes, present participle connoting, simple past and past participle connoted)

  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 …2025 March 25, Shreyas Teegala, Simar Bajaj, For Some Women With Serious Physical Ailments, Mental Illness Has Become a Scapegoat Diagnosis
    Synonyms:
    entail, imply
  3. (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
    Synonyms:
    entail, imply
  4. (intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
    Synonyms:
    predicate

connote meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

connote in Urdu

معنی نکالنا, مفہوم دینا, پہلو نکالنا

connote in Bengali

ইঙ্গিত করা, অর্থবহ করা

connote in Malayalam

suggest, imply, indicate
വ്യഞ്ജിപ്പിക്കുക, സൂചന ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുക, അർത്ഥമാക്കുക, മണമടിക്കുക, ചുവ വരുക, സൂചിപ്പിക്കുക

connote in Kannada

ನೀಡು, ಅಧಿಕಾರ್ಥ ನೀಡು, ಸೂಚಿಸು, ಒಳಗೊಳ್ಳು

Examples of connote in a sentence

  • In other words, the semiography of the disorder connotes a criminal act.
  • The sad thing is that for many people, the blaccent connotes lack of intelligence.
  • It was a way of connoting scads, heaps, plenitude and humongosity.

All 15 example sentences with connote

Synonyms of connote

Forms of connote

third-person singular presentconnotes
present participleconnoting
past participleconnoted
pastconnoted

Origin of connote

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

Words formed from connote

Words that rhyme with connote

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Questions about connote

What does connote mean?
Connote means to signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
What is connote in Urdu?
Connote in Urdu is معنی نکالنا, مفہوم دینا, پہلو نکالنا. See Connote meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is connote?
Connote is a verb.
How do you pronounce connote?
Connote is pronounced /kəˈnəʊt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of connote?
The past tense of connote is connoted.

Words near connote in the dictionary

  1. connotationless
  2. connotations
  3. connotative
  4. connotatively
  5. connotatory
  6. connote
  7. connoted
  8. connotes
  9. connoteth
  10. connoting
  11. connotive

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: connote (page history and authors); connote (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); connote (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); connote (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); connote (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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