connote 帶有…的聯想、暗示言外之意（和「直接指稱」的 denote 相對）｜字脈

1帶有…的聯想、暗示言外之意（和「直接指稱」的 denote 相對）
If a word connotes something, it makes you think of extra qualities and ideas, not just the basic thing it names. “Mother” can mean a female parent; it may also connote care, home cooking, or, for some people, worry and rules. Clothes and colours can connote things too: a dark suit can connote seriousness. Though actually, what a word connotes is not fixed — it depends on who is listening, and on the time and place. This is a slightly formal, classroom-and-writing word. In everyday English people more often say “that makes me think of…” or “that sounds like…” The pair to learn with it is denote: denote is the plain meaning; connote is the extra shadow.

組成From Medieval Latin connotō, from com- “together” + notō “to mark.” To mark something along with the main meaning.

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

connoteverb/kəˈnəʊt/

1
To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
- Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.
2
To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
- Poverty connotes hunger.
- Doctors should be reminded that absence of evidence does not connote a mental illness …
3
To express without overt reference; to imply.
4
To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

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