different between connotation vs cooked

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin connot?ti?, from connot? (“I mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + noto (“I note”); equivalent to connote +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n??te???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: con?no?ta?tion

Noun

connotation (plural connotations)

1. (semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

   The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.

2. (logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.

   The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

Synonyms

• intension

Antonyms

• denotation

Related terms

• connotate
• connotative
• connote

Translations

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “connotation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin connot?ti?, from connot? (“I mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + noto (“I note”); equivalent to connoter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.n?.ta.sj??/

Noun

connotation f (plural connotations)

1. connotation

English

Etymology

From the past tense of the verb cook

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Adjective

cooked (comparative more cooked, superlative most cooked)

1. Of food, that has been prepared by cooking.
2. (computing, slang, of an MP3 audio file) Corrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable.
3. (of accounting records, intelligence) Partially or wholly fabricated, falsified.
4. (slang) Done in, exhausted, pooped.
5. (slang) Done in, defeated, hopeless.

Antonyms

• raw
• uncooked

Derived terms

• cooked mode

Translations

See also

• cook the books

Verb

cooked

1. simple past tense and past participle of cook