connote

[ US /kəˈnoʊt/ ]
VERB
  1. involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
    solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
  2. express or state indirectly
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How To Use connote In A Sentence

  • A word that terrifies many fair-minded editors is terrorist; it connotes criminality. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
  • He embarks on a semantics lecture, suggesting the term “shelter” sends the wrong meaning: “The word connotes impermanency. A Billion Lives
  • Their very name connotes hope, and engagement with the culture around them.
  • MCINTYRE: General Jones says he did not use the term reinforcements because that connotes a panic and desperation he says is unwarranted. CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2006
  • Generally speaking, the denominative connotes the meaning of ‘to be…,’ ‘to work as…,’ ‘to regard as…,’ ‘to desire…,’ but the real emphasis of the word is on the noun.
  • However, that fact doesn't connote sinister forces at work.
  • Joe: The word “metro” connotes either urban or semi-femmy. The world’s worst video game box art, Part One
  • The denial of ‘political’ agendas is a standard trope, especially under authoritarian regimes where the word connotes divisive haggling against the interests of the united people.
  • We need to remember, however, that inaccuracy by no means connotes inveracity. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals
  • Getty Images Such a hush-hush approach might make sense were this a military campaign as the word cyberattack connotes. Cybercrime Comes to the IMF
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