denotation
Example Sentences
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He warned police not to shoot him, saying he had a denotation trigger.
From Washington Post
But then we bring grammar and syntax and diction and meaning making and connotation and denotation, we take the ocean of sign system and make it into sentences and words, meanings.
From Los Angeles Times
They have the denotation level, which is what they mean in the dictionary sense.
From Salon
By denotations, the actual real-world reference of a given word or phrase.
From Salon
You’ll find circles, as in denotations for birdies, under holes No. 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 17.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
