bedeuten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- connote verb To mean something more than its basic, obvious sense.
- denote verb To be a sign or indication of something.
- imply verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
- mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
- portend verb To be a warning sign that something bad is going to happen.
- signify verb To be a sign of; to indicate or represent something.
- spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
Senses
bedeuten is used for these senses in English:
- connote (transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
- connote (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
- denote (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.
- imply (transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
- mean (transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- mean (transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result). [from 19th c.]
- portend (transitive) To signify; to denote.
- signify To mean; to betoken.
connote — full definition
- verb To mean something more than its basic, obvious sense.
- verb To carry a related quality that naturally goes with it as a result.
- verb To hint at something without stating it directly.
- verb To need something else to be true as a necessary result.
denote — full definition
- verb To be a sign or indication of something.
- verb To mean or represent something literally, as a word or symbol does.
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