connote
verb (used with object)
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning.
have connoted
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present perfectof connote.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Until recently, acknowledging Viet Nam veterans in such showy fashion would have connoted approval of the nightmarish war.
From Time Magazine Archive
As she lay in bed she awaited accustomed sounds which should have connoted Chirac's definite retirement for the night.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
These latter seem to have connoted, for military organization purposes, a strength of 75 men each, and four horses; to wit, three heavily armed men or cuirassiers in the chariot itself, and 72 foot-soldiers.
From Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker
