innebära — meaning in English

English meaning

• connote verb To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
• mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.

Senses

innebära is used for these senses in English:

• connote (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
• 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.]

connote — full definition

1. verb To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
2. verb To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.
3. verb To express without overt reference; to imply.
4. verb To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

mean — full definition

1. verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
2. verb To convey a particular sense or significance; to signify.
3. adj Unkind, unpleasant, or deliberately hurtful in behavior.
4. adj Stingy or ungenerous with money or resources.
5. noun A method or resource used to achieve a result (usually used in the plural, "means").

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