connote

verb
/kəˈnəʊt/UK/kəˈnoʊt/US

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from connotō

Definitions

  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 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 express without overt reference; to imply.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at connote. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at connote. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at connote

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA