verb (used with object), connoted, connoting.
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
The word “fireplace” often connotes hospitality, warm comfort, etc.
to involve as a condition or accompaniment:
Injury connotes pain.
verb (used without object), connoted, connoting.
to have significance only by association, as with another word:
Adjectives can only connote, nouns can denote.
verb (transitive; 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
to involve as a consequence or condition
1660s, from Medieval Latin connotare “to mark along with,” (see connotation). A common word in medieval logic. Related: Connoted; connoting.
- Conjugate diameter
conjugate diameter n. See conjugate.
- Conjugated double bond
conjugated double bond n. Two double bonds in a compound that are separated by a single bond.
[verb kon-juh-geyt; adjective, noun kon-juh-git, -geyt] /verb ˈkɒn dʒəˌgeɪt; adjective, noun ˈkɒn dʒə gɪt, -ˌgeɪt/ verb (used with object), conjugated, conjugating. 1. Grammar. 2. to join together, especially in marriage. verb (used without object), conjugated, conjugating. 3. Biology. to unite; to undergo . 4. Grammar. to be characterized by conjugation: The Latin verb esse does […]
noun, Geometry. 1. the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci. 2. the segment of this axis equal to one side of a rectangle that has its other side equal to the transverse axis and diagonals that are along the asymptotes of the hyperbola.