Skip to content
Toofey.
← Word library
WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)

connotation

/ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/

An illustration for connotation

noun

an association; an implication

  • “This word has a negative connotation.”Tatoeba
  • “The new title has good connotations.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

connotation: meaning, pronunciation and examples · Toofey