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Definition of denotation noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

denotation

noun

NAmE//ˌdinoʊˈteɪʃn//

(technology)

the act of naming something with a word; the actual object or idea to which the word refers compare connotation

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denotational

NAmE//ˌdinoʊˈteɪʃənl//

adjectiveSee denotation in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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