CONNOTATION


Meaning of CONNOTATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒnəteɪʃ(ə)n ]

( connotations)

The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of.

It’s just one of those words that’s got so many negative connotations...

‘Urchin’, with its connotation of mischievousness, may not be a particularly apt word.

= association

N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft N of n

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