imply, connote
(verb) express or state indirectly
connote, predicate
(verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; “solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
connote (third-person singular simple present connotes, present participle connoting, simple past and past participle connoted)
(transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
(transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
(intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
(intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.
• (possess an inseparable condition): entail, imply
• (express without overt reference): entail, imply
• (require as a logical predicate): predicate
• contone
Source: Wiktionary
Con*note", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Connoted; p.pr. & vb.n. Connoting.] Etym: [See Connotate, and Note.]
1. To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply. Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South.
2. (Logic)
Definition: To imply as an attribute. The word "white" denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute "whiteness." J. S. Mill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
