as in to imply
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to make you think about (something) in addition to the word's meaning
The word "childlike" connotes innocence. For her, the word "family" connotes love and comfort.
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Recent Examples of connote
Rooney’s slim characters are able to detach from their bodies in ways that it’s often assumed fat people cannot, by sheer virtue of the fact that our physical forms have always connoted a lack of discipline that thin people are spared.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
In the United States, the idea of child care often connotes a place to leave children so parents can go to work, and mostly at their own expense.
—Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
And also, fascism, to me, connotes a militarized society.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016
The Hebrew word for dog, which can also connote faithfulness, is kelev, so Caleb might also be related to this word.
—Toketemu Ohwovoriole, Parents, 30 July 2024
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
In the United States, the idea of child care often connotes a place to leave children so parents can go to work, and mostly at their own expense.
—Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
And also, fascism, to me, connotes a militarized society.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2016
The Hebrew word for dog, which can also connote faithfulness, is kelev, so Caleb might also be related to this word.
—Toketemu Ohwovoriole, Parents, 30 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for connote
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This implies a very strong Debt-to-Equity Ratio of 2.1% (vs. 19.0% for S&P 500).—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Jonas’ price target of $430 implies shares can rebound 93.6% over the next year from Monday’s closing level.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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To simplify its naming conventions, all of the brand's budget-friendly models will be simply called Roomba moving forward, whereas midrange models will be called Roomba Plus, and the name Roomba Max will denote high-end robots.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PCMAG,
11 Mar. 2025
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The idea was simple: the happy couple slice open a cake revealing icing colored either blue or pink to denote a boy or girl.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Technology stocks have been battered this year after the recent market meltdown, which drove the S & P 500 into correction territory last week and has the Nasdaq Composite still trading in a correction , a term signifying that an index is down more than 10% from its recent high.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
19 Mar. 2025
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To Ukraine, Russia is an existential threat to its sovereignty, as proven by Moscow's invasion, which is viewed in the West as an imperial war of conquest and signifies a broader threat to Europe.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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This meant many people started to want to be comedians, which fed into that culture of competition.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The new Wood Finishing Series bourbon is called the Keepers Release, and it’s meant to be a tribute to the team that works in the distillery’s warehouses overseeing the maturation of the bourbon produced there.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Connote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connote. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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