connote
to imply or suggest something beyond the literal meaning of a word or action
Word origin: From Latin con- (together) plus notare, to mark.
Connote in a sentence
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The word 'home' connotes warmth and safety in a way that the word 'house' does not.
To many readers, the word 'home' connotes warmth and belonging far beyond its dictionary sense of a dwelling.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “connote” well
Connote concerns the associations a word carries rather than its literal reference, which is what denote captures. Confusing the two is a classic error: a word can denote one thing while connoting another.
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