Connote

[kə'nəʊt] or [kə'not]

Definition

(verb.) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; 'solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well'.

Editor: Susanna--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

(v. t.) To imply as an attribute.

Edited by Hattie

Definition

v.t. to signify secondarily: to imply along with an object the inherent attributes: to include.—v.t. Con′notāte to connote.—n. Connotā′tion implication of something more than the denotation of an object: the aggregation of attributes connoted by a term.—adjs. Connot′ātive Connō′tive.

Checker: Wyatt