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de·no·ta·tion

(dē′nō-tā′shən)
n.
1. The act of denoting; indication.
2. Something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes.
3. Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol.
4. The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
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denotation

(ˌdiːnəʊˈteɪʃən)
n
1. the act or process of denoting; indication
2. a particular meaning, esp one given explicitly rather than by suggestion
3. (Linguistics)
a. something designated or referred to. Compare referent, connotation
b. another name for extension 11
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de•no•ta•tion

(ˌdi noʊˈteɪ ʃən)

n.
1. the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with or suggested by it. Compare connotation (def. 2).
2. the act or fact of denoting; indication.
3. a word that names or denotes something.
4. a mark, sign, or symbol; indicator.
[1525–35; < Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. denotation - the act of indicating or pointing out by name
naming - the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"
2. denotation - the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
meaning, substance - the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
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denotation

noun
That which is signified by a word or expression:
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denotation

[ˌdiːnəʊˈteɪʃən] N
1. (gen) → denotación f (also Ling, Philos); (= meaning) → sentido m
2. (= symbol) → símbolo m, señal f
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denotation

n
(Philos, of term, concept) → Denotation f, → Begriffsumfang m; (of word) → Bedeutung f
(= name: of object) → Bezeichnung f; (= symbol) → Symbol nt
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All semiotic resources point to (index) something about the speaker and the setting, and the notion of indexicality has become fundamental to the field (Eckert, 2008; Rymes, 2003): beyond denotational meaning of a word, acts of speech produce social cognates, telling the listener something about who is speaking and the context of the utterance.
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In some cases, they are at least partially right: When texts tend toward the denotational, such as in much technical writing, transfer between languages can be relatively straightforward (Jumpelt, 1961; Krein-Kuhle, 2011).
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On the other hand, in 1994, Matthews [9] introduced the notion of partial metric spaces to study the denotational semantics of dataflow networks.
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First, the denotational and connotational meanings of selected IRTs are illustrated.
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Komendantsky, "Denotational Semantics of Call-by-name Normalization in Lambda-mu Calculus", Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol.
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To illustrate this, in a form such as Modern Greek spit-ac(i) 'house DIM', it is obviously difficult to discriminate between a purely descriptive (or denotational) interpretation ('small size of the house') and a qualitative (or connotative) interpretation, capable of expressing the emotion of the speaker ('the endearing attitude of the speaker toward the house' or 'the speaker's contempt or negative attitude irrespective of the size of the house').
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introduced MathWebSearch version 0.5 [19], and Kohlhase and Rabe presented two denotational semantics for OpenMath [20].
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