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Definition of denotation : The marking off or separation of anything.

Synonyms:

extension phone, cite, title, citation, telephone extension, extension, cognomen, file name extension, credit, import, moniker, subtext, handle, intention, purport, reference, propagation, source, filename extension, appellative, university extension, reference work, annex, denomination, content, reading, nomenclature, character, wing, character reference, reference point, signification, acknowledgment, reference book, acceptation, point of reference, indicant, usage, lengthiness, value, mention, meter reading, quotation, address, elongation, computer address, compellation, sense, consultation, significancy, book of facts, appellation, extension service, substance, annexe, prolongation

guidepost, stamp, alert, motion, notation, designation, symbol, pointer, icon, gesticulation, beacon, wink, logo, legend, figuration, badge, indication, hint, gesture, banner, marker, brand, crest, logotype, ticket, key, cue, prompt, emblem, token, signal, signpost, wave, semaphore, lighthouse, flag, insignia, sign, tag, label

implication, connotation, interpretation, significance, relevance, purpose, description, point, subject, definition, crux, intent, thrust, gist, topic, message, tenor, upshot, drift, explanation, meaning, pith

Usage examples:

• For if the denotation alone were relevant, any other phrase with the same denotation would give the same proposition. - "Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays", Bertrand Russell.
• If we call its meaning M', our proposition becomes " Scott is the denotation of M'." - "Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays", Bertrand Russell.
• We had heard the heavy denotation of the slide about the hour of the alpenglow, a pale rosy interval in a darkling air, and judged he must have come from hunting to the ruined cliff and paced the night out before it, crying a very human woe. - "The Land Of Little Rain", Mary Hunter Austin.