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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- connote [kɑ'nəυt]
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1.
vt.
[tr; often takes a clause as object]
(of a word, phrase, etc) to imply or suggest (associations or ideas) other than the literal meaning
- the word ``maiden'' connotes modesty
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2.
vt.
to involve as a consequence or condition
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3.
vt.
[Etymology]
C17: from Medieval Latin connot
a re, from nota re to mark, make a note, from nota mark, sign, note
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1.
vt.
[tr; often takes a clause as object]
(of a word, phrase, etc) to imply or suggest (associations or ideas) other than the literal meaning
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