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English

Etymology

From to denote (from Middle French denoter, from Latin d?not?re (“denote, mark out”), itself from d?- (“completely”) + not?re (“to mark”) + -ation; equivalent to denote +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?di?.no??te?.??n/
• Hyphenation: de?no?ta?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

denotation (countable and uncountable, plural denotations)

1. The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
2. (logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.

   The denotations of the two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" are the same (i.e. both expressions denote the planet Venus), but their connotations are different.
3. (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
4. (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
5. (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
6. (media studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.

Derived terms

• denotative

Related terms

• connotation

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “denotation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• detonation, taeniodont

Danish

Noun

denotation c (singular definite denotationen, plural indefinite denotationer)

1. denotation (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Further reading

• “denotation” in Den Danske Ordbog