denotation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
2. (countable, uncountable) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
3. (countable, uncountable) The intension and extension of a word
4. (countable, uncountable) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
5. (countable, uncountable) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
6. (countable, uncountable) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.

Synonyms

extension

reference

indication

signification

meaning

bid

characterization

clew

clue

comprehension

consequence

declaration

denote

designation

enactment

import

index

magnitude

marking

mentioning

name

naming

performing

picture

portrayal

predication

presentation

production

pronouncement

propitiatory

proposition

purport

purview

represent

sense

sign

significance

signify

speaking

🗣️

statement

symbolize

telling

token

denotatum

significancy

𐐼𐐨𐑌𐐬𐐻𐐩𐑇𐐲𐑌

acceptation

adducing

attention

averment

Translations

denotação

denotación

ένδειξη

denotatie

dénotation

Denotation

Bedeutung

denotació

betekenis

anlam

σημασία

δήλωση

Bezeichnung

wate

indication

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdiː.noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Late Latin dēnotātiō, from Latin dēnotāre (“to denote, mark out”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from dē- (“completely”) + notāre (“to mark”); equivalent to denote + -ation.