"connote" meaning in English

See connote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kəˈnəʊt/ [UK], /kəˈnoʊt/ [US] Audio: en-us-connote.ogg [US] Forms: connote [canonical], connotes [third-person, singular], connoted [past], connoted [past, participle], connoting [present, participle]
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  1. If you connote a word or sentence, you imply or suggest beyond its literal meaning.
    Sense id: simple-connote-en-verb-StAxaV56
     
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