noun
- What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
- synonyms: intension
- An idea that is implied or suggested. .
Connotation and Pairing
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
- usage: "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
- synonyms: coupling, mating, conjugation, union, sexual union
- The act of grouping things or people in pairs.
verb
- Form a pair or pairs.
- usage: "The two old friends paired off"
- synonyms: pair, pair off, partner off, couple
- Bring two objects, ideas, or people together.
- usage: "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
- Occur in pairs.
- Arrange in pairs.
- usage: "Pair these numbers"
- Engage in sexual intercourse.
- usage: "Birds mate in the Spring"
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