To have or convey a particular idea

• connote

  1. To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning:
  2. To suggest or convey (associations, overtones, etc.) in addition to the explicit, or denoted, meaning
  3. To imply or involve as a result, accompaniment, etc.

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  1. To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning:
  2. To suggest or convey (associations, overtones, etc.) in addition to the explicit, or denoted, meaning
  3. To imply or involve as a result, accompaniment, etc.

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• denote

  1. To mark; indicate:
  2. To signify directly; refer to specifically:
  3. To signify or refer to explicitly; stand for; mean

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  1. To mark; indicate:
  2. To signify directly; refer to specifically:
  3. To signify or refer to explicitly; stand for; mean

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• intend

  1. To have in mind; plan:
  2. To mean (something) to be or be used (for); design; destine
  3. To mean or signify

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  1. To have in mind; plan:
  2. To mean (something) to be or be used (for); design; destine
  3. To mean or signify

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• mean

  1. To have the importance or value of:
  2. To intend to convey or indicate:
  3. To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed:

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  1. To have the importance or value of:
  2. To intend to convey or indicate:
  3. To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed:

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• signify

  1. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
  2. To denote; mean:
  3. To mean; to betoken.

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  1. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
  2. To denote; mean:
  3. To mean; to betoken.

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• spell

  1. To allow (someone) to rest a while.
  2. To name or write in order the letters of a word or words:
  3. To signify; mean

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  1. To allow (someone) to rest a while.
  2. To name or write in order the letters of a word or words:
  3. To signify; mean

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To be of significance or importance

• count

  1. To exclude by or as if by counting:
  2. To have importance:
  3. To believe or consider to be; deem:

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  1. To exclude by or as if by counting:
  2. To have importance:
  3. To believe or consider to be; deem:

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• matter

  1. To be of importance:
  2. To form and discharge pus; suppurate
  3. To be of importance or consequence; have significance

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  1. To be of importance:
  2. To form and discharge pus; suppurate
  3. To be of importance or consequence; have significance

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• signify

  1. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
  2. To be a sign or indication of; suggest or imply:
  3. To have meaning or importance; be significant; matter

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  1. To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
  2. To be a sign or indication of; suggest or imply:
  3. To have meaning or importance; be significant; matter

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• weigh

  1. To measure or apportion (a certain quantity) by weight. Often used with out:
  2. To choose carefully or deliberately:
  3. To balance or ponder in the mind; consider in order to make a choice

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  1. To measure or apportion (a certain quantity) by weight. Often used with out:
  2. To choose carefully or deliberately:
  3. To balance or ponder in the mind; consider in order to make a choice

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That which is signified by a word or expression

• acceptation

  1. Favorable reception; approval.
  2. The usual or accepted meaning, as of a word or expression:
  3. The generally accepted meaning (of a word or expression)

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  1. Favorable reception; approval.
  2. The usual or accepted meaning, as of a word or expression:
  3. The generally accepted meaning (of a word or expression)

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• connotation

  1. (Logic) The set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term; intension.
  2. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing:
  3. 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.

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  1. (Logic) The set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term; intension.
  2. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing:
  3. 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.

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• denotation

  1. Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol.
  2. The direct, explicit meaning or reference of a word or term
  3. The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.

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  1. Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol.
  2. The direct, explicit meaning or reference of a word or term
  3. The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.

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• intent

  1. (Law) One's mental attitude, including purpose, will, determination, etc., at the time of doing an act
  2. A purpose; object; aim
  3. Meaning or import

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  1. (Law) One's mental attitude, including purpose, will, determination, etc., at the time of doing an act
  2. A purpose; object; aim
  3. Meaning or import

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• meaning

  1. The practical or essential significance of some concept or quality
  2. A sense of importance or purpose:
  3. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:

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  1. The practical or essential significance of some concept or quality
  2. A sense of importance or purpose:
  3. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:

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• message

  1. The chief idea or theme that a speaker, writer, etc. seeks to communicate
  2. A statement made or read before a gathering:
  3. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another:

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  1. The chief idea or theme that a speaker, writer, etc. seeks to communicate
  2. A statement made or read before a gathering:
  3. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another:

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• purport

  1. Intention; object
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Meaning; tenor; sense; drift

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  1. Intention; object
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Meaning; tenor; sense; drift

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• sense

  1. Judgment; consensus:
  2. Natural understanding or intelligence, especially in practical matters:
  3. A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation:

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  1. Judgment; consensus:
  2. Natural understanding or intelligence, especially in practical matters:
  3. A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation:

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• significance

  1. The state or quality of being significant:
  2. A meaning that is expressed or implied:
  3. That which is signified; meaning

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  1. The state or quality of being significant:
  2. A meaning that is expressed or implied:
  3. That which is signified; meaning

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• significancy

  1. (Dated) significance

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  1. (Dated) significance

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• signification

  1. The action or process of signifying:
  2. Significance; meaning
  3. Meaning or significance, especially of a word.

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  1. The action or process of signifying:
  2. Significance; meaning
  3. Meaning or significance, especially of a word.

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• value

  1. That quality of a thing according to which it is thought of as being more or less desirable, useful, estimable, important, etc.; worth or the degree of worth
  2. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit:
  3. Precise meaning or import, as of a word.

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  1. That quality of a thing according to which it is thought of as being more or less desirable, useful, estimable, important, etc.; worth or the degree of worth
  2. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit:
  3. Precise meaning or import, as of a word.

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The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement

• amount

  1. A quantity
  2. Quantity:
  3. A number; a sum.

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  1. A quantity
  2. Quantity:
  3. A number; a sum.

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• burden

  1. The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
  2. The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.
  3. (Nautical) The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.

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  1. The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
  2. The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.
  3. (Nautical) The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.

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• drift

  1. A being driven or carried along, as by a current of air or water or by circumstances
  2. Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.
  3. (Electronics) A deviation or variation of a quantity, as voltage, from its assigned value

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  1. A being driven or carried along, as by a current of air or water or by circumstances
  2. Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.
  3. (Electronics) A deviation or variation of a quantity, as voltage, from its assigned value

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• purport

  1. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  2. Intention; object
  3. Intention; purpose:

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  1. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  2. Intention; object
  3. Intention; purpose:

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• substance

  1. That which is real or practical in quality or character; practical value:
  2. Density; body:
  3. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.

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  1. That which is real or practical in quality or character; practical value:
  2. Density; body:
  3. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.

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• tenor

  1. General course or tendency
  2. The exact wording or an exact copy of a legal document
  3. In a set of bells for ringing changes, the bell with the lowest tone

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  1. General course or tendency
  2. The exact wording or an exact copy of a legal document
  3. In a set of bells for ringing changes, the bell with the lowest tone

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The gist of a specific action or situation

• idea

  1. The gist or significance:
  2. A plan, purpose, or goal:
  3. A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation:

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  1. The gist or significance:
  2. A plan, purpose, or goal:
  3. A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation:

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• meaning

  1. A sense of importance or purpose:
  2. The practical or essential significance of some concept or quality
  3. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:

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  1. A sense of importance or purpose:
  2. The practical or essential significance of some concept or quality
  3. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:

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• point

  1. The major idea or essential part of a concept or narrative:
  2. A significant, outstanding, or effective idea, argument, or suggestion:
  3. An impressive or telling argument, fact, or idea

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  1. The major idea or essential part of a concept or narrative:
  2. A significant, outstanding, or effective idea, argument, or suggestion:
  3. An impressive or telling argument, fact, or idea

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• purport

  1. Intention; object
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Meaning; tenor; sense; drift

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  1. Intention; object
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Meaning; tenor; sense; drift

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• significance

  1. A meaning that is expressed or implied:
  2. The state or quality of being significant:
  3. That which is signified; meaning

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  1. A meaning that is expressed or implied:
  2. The state or quality of being significant:
  3. That which is signified; meaning

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• significancy

  1. (Dated) significance

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  1. (Dated) significance

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The quality or state of being important

• concern

  1. Regard for or interest in someone or something:
  2. A matter of interest or importance to one; that which relates to or affects one; affair; matter; business
  3. Interest in or regard for a person or thing

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  1. Regard for or interest in someone or something:
  2. A matter of interest or importance to one; that which relates to or affects one; affair; matter; business
  3. Interest in or regard for a person or thing

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• concernment

  1. Concern; participation; interposition
  2. That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.
  3. Importance; moment; consequence

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  1. Concern; participation; interposition
  2. That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.
  3. Importance; moment; consequence

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• consequence

  1. Importance in rank; influence
  2. Importance as a cause or influence
  3. Significance; importance:

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  1. Importance in rank; influence
  2. Importance as a cause or influence
  3. Significance; importance:

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• importance

  1. (Obs.) A matter or consequence
  2. The state or quality of being important; significance; consequence
  3. Personal status; standing:

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  1. (Obs.) A matter or consequence
  2. The state or quality of being important; significance; consequence
  3. Personal status; standing:

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• moment

  1. A particular period of importance, influence, or significance in a series of events or developments:
  2. A point in time that is gratifying or noteworthy:
  3. An occasion affording an opportunity:

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  1. A particular period of importance, influence, or significance in a series of events or developments:
  2. A point in time that is gratifying or noteworthy:
  3. An occasion affording an opportunity:

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• significance

  1. A meaning that is expressed or implied:
  2. The state or quality of being significant:
  3. Importance; consequence; moment

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  1. A meaning that is expressed or implied:
  2. The state or quality of being significant:
  3. Importance; consequence; moment

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• significancy

  1. (Dated) significance

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  1. (Dated) significance

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• weight

  1. The number of pounds a horse is required to carry for a particular race, including the weight of the jockey, the saddle, and, often, added lead weights
  2. The greater part; preponderance:
  3. A measure of the heaviness of an object:

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  1. The number of pounds a horse is required to carry for a particular race, including the weight of the jockey, the saddle, and, often, added lead weights
  2. The greater part; preponderance:
  3. A measure of the heaviness of an object:

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• weightiness

  1. The quality of being weighty

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  1. The quality of being weighty

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To bring in

• introduce

  1. To provide (someone) with a beginning knowledge or first experience of something:
  2. To bring in and establish in a new place or environment:
  3. To put inside or into; insert or inject:

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  1. To provide (someone) with a beginning knowledge or first experience of something:
  2. To bring in and establish in a new place or environment:
  3. To put inside or into; insert or inject:

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• ship in

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• carry in

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• transport in

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• ferry in

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• truck-in

  1. To have something transported by truck.

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  1. To have something transported by truck.

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• freight in

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• buy abroad

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To signify

• denote

  1. (Logic) To be the name for (individuals or instances of a class)
  2. To signify directly; refer to specifically:
  3. To mark; indicate:

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  1. (Logic) To be the name for (individuals or instances of a class)
  2. To signify directly; refer to specifically:
  3. To mark; indicate:

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• imply

  1. To involve by logical necessity; entail:
  2. To indicate indirectly or by allusion; hint; suggest; intimate
  3. To have as a necessary part, condition, or effect; contain, include, or involve naturally or necessarily

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  1. To involve by logical necessity; entail:
  2. To indicate indirectly or by allusion; hint; suggest; intimate
  3. To have as a necessary part, condition, or effect; contain, include, or involve naturally or necessarily

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• convey

  1. To serve as a channel or medium for; transmit
  2. To take from one place to another; transport; carry
  3. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:

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  1. To serve as a channel or medium for; transmit
  2. To take from one place to another; transport; carry
  3. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:

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