CONNOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does connote mean? 

• CONNOTE (verb)
  The verb CONNOTE has 2 senses:

1. express or state indirectly

2. involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic

  Familiarity information: CONNOTE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONNOTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they connote    ... he / she / it connotes   
Past simple: connoted   
Past participle: connoted   
-ing form: connoting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express or state indirectly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

connote; imply

Hypernyms (to "connote" is one way to...):

evince; express; show (give expression to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

connotation (an idea that is implied or suggested)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

connote; predicate

Context example:

solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well

Hypernyms (to "connote" is one way to...):

imply (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

connotation (what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression)

 Context examples 

Sudden cessation of the pumping function of the heart, with disappearance of arterial blood pressure, connoting either ventricular fibrillation or ventricular standstill.

(Cardiac Arrest, Food and Drug Administration)