Definisjon av denotation

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Noun

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"
reference, extension
meaning, substance the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
denotation - the act of indicating or pointing out by name
indication
naming the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"
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= relatert ord

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Substantiv

denotation - The act of denoting, or something such as a symbol that denotes.
denotation - The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of 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.
denotation - The intension and extension of a word.
denotation - Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol.
denotation - The surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary.
denotation - Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics.
denotation - 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.

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  • denotation
    The literal meaning of something.

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