connote
verb (used with object)
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning.
connotes
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present tense formof connote (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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For many people, “all-inclusive” connotes sugary cocktails, forced socializing and buffet-style dining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Prediction marketers tell courts that the CFTC’s lack of objections connotes tacit approval.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
Moreover, this assistance is limited to “federal purposes,” a term that typically connotes the protection of federal personnel or property.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
Chida was born scrappy — heso magari, literally translated from Japanese as a crooked belly button, a phrase that connotes a contrarian and obstinate nature, his mother said in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Each of the numbers two, three, four, &c., denotes physical phenomena, and connotes a physical property of those phenomena.
From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by John Stuart Mill
