connote

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To suggest a meaning or feeling beyond the literal one.

   For many people the word "home" connotes warmth and safety.

2. 2
   verb

   To imply or involve as a necessary result.

   Poverty often connotes hunger and poor health.

From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”).

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