denotations

noun

plural of denotation
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as in monikers
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known "soul" is the common denotation for that mysterious force within the human body that gives it life and yet is separate from it

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the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action although most people exercise for fitness, the denotation of the term "fitness" varies from exerciser to exerciser

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Recent Examples of denotations Controlled denotations were conducted Sunday at the site to dispose of hazardous materials, the agency said. — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
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  1. monikers
  2. meanings
  3. names
  4. senses
  5. titles
  6. contents
  7. epithets
  8. connotations
Noun
  • These practices have made some industries a permanent part of the country’s political fabric, and given rise to unflattering monikers like Big Oil or Big Pharma or Big Food.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The legendary playwright has penned dramatic productions with some of the most popular monikers of all time, including Jessica and Olivia.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of monikers
Noun
  • Carlson’s essay offers a deeper look at the elaborate symbolic language surrounding 22, A Million, including the meanings behind the album’s unusual song titles and iconography.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The terms adjourned and continued are similar but have distinct meanings.
    — Michael Ruiz , Kayleigh McEnany , Bryan Llenas, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of meanings
Noun
  • Changing Charlotte skyline In recent years, Charlotte’s skyline has been changing with more names going on buildings, including Wells Fargo, Ally, Barings and Regions.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In the United States, the top names are numerical—Main/First, Second, Third, and Fourth—as if its towns were coördinate planes.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of names
Noun
  • One senses that this line is for the reader, not the ex-boyfriend, who has disappeared for some 200 pages.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike our other senses, smell has a direct line to our brain’s emotion and memory centers.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of senses
Noun
  • Jia also co-founded Unknown Pleasures, a Chinese art-house distributor named after his 2002 film, and says the company is negotiating to acquire two Cannes titles.
    — Jenny S. Li, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Both Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother and American Fiction are from Amazon MGM’s Orion Pictures banner, which has had a great run under President Alana Mayo with titles from Nickel Boys and Till to Bottoms and Women Talking.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of titles
Noun
  • Files are end-to-end encrypted on your device before they’re uploaded using zero-knowledge encryption, which means Internxt can’t read, access, or share their contents.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In her address to the court, the lawyer for housekeeper Maria Avila revealed the contents of the unpublished order.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of contents
Noun
  • The raid drew criticism over separating families, and a group of Idahoans sued, saying officers hurled racial epithets and largely withheld water, food, bathrooms and medical care.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Hochman detailed a number of prosecutions, including the sentence of one man to a life sentence plus seven years with the possibility of parole for a March 23 attack, during which racial epithets were uttered.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of epithets
Noun
  • By the 2004 campaign, the vocabulary was everywhere, carrying connotations that nobody had assigned it on purpose.
    — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But, of course, an airport carries fewer negative connotations than Tennessee’s eternally controversial state legislature.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of connotations

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“Denotations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denotations. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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