denotation
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˌdiː.noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
denotation
- The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
- (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.
- (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word
- (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
- (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
- (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.
- Portuguese: denotação
- Spanish: denotación
- Portuguese: denotação
- Spanish: denotación
- Portuguese: denotação
- Spanish: denotación
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