denotation
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English
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Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]denotation (countable and uncountable, plural denotations)
- The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
- (logic, linguistics, semiotics) 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.
- The denotations of the two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" are the same (i.e. both expressions denote the planet Venus), but their connotations are different.
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 6:
- Regarding denotation, the terms were generally used to refer to a wide range of language contact varieties and features.
- (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
- (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
- (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
- (media studies) 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.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]act of denoting
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primary or explicit meaning
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something signified or referred to
References
[edit]- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “denotation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]denotation c (singular definite denotationen, plural indefinite denotationer)
- denotation (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
[edit]Declension of denotation
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | denotation | denotationen | denotationer | denotationerne |
| genitive | denotations | denotationens | denotationers | denotationernes |
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