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CONNOTE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express or state indirectly

Synonyms:

connote; imply

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "connote" is one way to...):

evince; express; show (give expression to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

connotation (an idea that is implied or suggested)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic

Example:

solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well

Synonyms:

connote; predicate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "connote" is one way to...):

imply (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

connotation (what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression)

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