Connotation definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

connotation in American English · 1. an act or instance of connoting · 2. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'connotation'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× connotation (kɒnəteɪʃən ) Wordforms:pluralconnotations countablenoun Theconnotationsofaparticularwordornamearetheideasorqualitieswhichitmakesyouthinkof. It'sjustoneofthosewordsthat'sgotsomanynegativeconnotations. 'Urchin',withitsconnotationofmischievousness,maynotbeaparticularlyapt word.[+of] Synonyms:implication,colouring,association,suggestion MoreSynonymsofconnotation COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof connotation Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'connotation' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'connotation' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'romcom' HindiTranslationof'connotation' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency connotationinBritishEnglish (ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən ) noun1. anassociationorideasuggestedbyawordorphrase;implication 2. theactorfactofconnoting 3. logicanotherwordforintension(sense1) CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsconnotative(ˈkɒnəˌteɪtɪv ,kəˈnəʊtə-)orconnotive(conˈnotive)adjective connotatively(ˈconnoˌtatively)orconnotively(conˈnotively)adverb WordFrequency connotationinAmericanEnglish (ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən ) noun1.  theactorprocessofconnoting 2.  somethingconnoted;ideaornotionsuggestedbyorassociatedwithaword,phrase,etc.inadditiontoitsexplicitmeaning,ordenotation “politician”hasdifferentconnotationsfrom“statesman” 3. Logic thepropertiespossessedbyalltheobjectsinaterm'sextension;intensionseealsodenotation(sense5) Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsconnotative(ˈconnoˌtative)(ˈkɑnəˌteɪtɪv ;kəˈnoʊtətɪv ) adjectiveorˌconnoˈtational connotatively(ˈconnoˌtatively) adverb WordoriginMEconnotacion