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Connoting

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predicateverb(transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
implyverb(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
suggestingnounsuggestion
connotativethat implies or suggests something else
connotationalnounOf or pertaining to connotation.
connotationnoun(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
connotationsnouna classical music composition for symphony orchestra written by American composer Aaron Copland.
signifyingverbsignification
denotingverb(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.
significationnounA meaning of a word.
signifiesverbTo give (something) a meaning or an importance.
meaningnounThe denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
word meaningnounthe accepted meaning of a word
symbolizingverbA symbolic conception.
signifiedverb(linguistics, semiotics, philosophy) The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier.
indicatingverb(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
representsverb(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
symbolizeverb(transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent.
denotationnoun(logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
significancynoun(dated) Significance.

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