connotate

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/ˈkɒnəteɪt/

verb

To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply.

OriginMedieval Latin connotātus →
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Meanings

verbconnotate (third-person singular simple present connotates, present participle connotating, simple past and past participle connotated)

present singular third person connotates · participle present connotating · participle past connotated · past connotated

  1. To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply.

    A symbol, for Claudel, was a word, a picture, or an action which connotates a higher meaning.

    1965, Herman Lawrence Zillmer, A Study of the Use of the Symbol in the Dramatic Aesthetics ...
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    George stared at her curiously. To his mind the word rompers connotated a garment extraneously smeared, as this one.

    1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 3, in The Lees of Happiness
nounconnotate (plural connotates)

plural connotates

  1. obsoleterareA meaning or thing connotated.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinconnotātus
  2. Englishconnotate

First attested in 1596; borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātus, perfect passive participle of connotō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of connote.

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APA

connotate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/connotate

MLA

“connotate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/connotate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “connotate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/connotate.

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