означа́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• connote verb To mean something more than its basic, obvious sense.
• denote verb To be a sign or indication of something.
• mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
• signify verb To be a sign of; to indicate or represent something.

Senses

означа́ть is used for these senses in English:

• connote (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
• denote (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.
• 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.]
• signify To mean; to betoken.
• stand for (idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent.

connote — full definition

1. verb To mean something more than its basic, obvious sense.
2. verb To carry a related quality that naturally goes with it as a result.
3. verb To hint at something without stating it directly.
4. verb To need something else to be true as a necessary result.

denote — full definition

1. verb To be a sign or indication of something.
2. verb To mean or represent something literally, as a word or symbol does.

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