denotation

Other forms of denotation

plural

denotations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about denotation

What does denotation mean?

denotation means "the act of indicating or pointing out by name". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in denotation?

denotation has 5 syllables: de-no-ta-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for denotation?

Close synonyms include indication, reference, extension. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is denotation a common word?

denotation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.