The literal dictionary of a word?

Answer 1

A word's literal meaning is its denotation, typically its most basic dictionary definition.

On the other hand, connotation is feelings and values which we tend to associate with a word.

For instance, in the case of loanshark, the denotation would be a person who lends money. Its connotation would be of greediness, lack of feeling, and disreputableness.

The literal meaning of a word can be opposed to its figurative meaning. A word's figurative meaning is its meaning when it is used metaphorically. For example in the metaphorical expression "Expect a sea of people this weekend", the word "sea" does not have the literal meaning of a large body of salt water, but is used to describe the motion of a large crowd. When metaphors of this kind are used a lot, they become cliches and people tend to forget that the meaning was figurative. This is one way that the meaning of words changes. For example, the word "heaven" used to have the literal meaning "sky".

Answer 2

I assume you are asking what/where the literal definition of a word is/can be found.
Now for the answer: INVALID QUESTION: MISSING/UNKNOWN VARIABLE (VARIABLE #1+2/3: PERCEPTION OF, AND UNDEFINED REALITY). The definition of a word is a group of words that you already associate with (a/its)/=(any) meaning, and cannot be concluded without all of the variables. These variables are; 1: CONSCIENCE, 2: REALITY, 3: WORD, and unfortunately for science, none of these can be measured or calculated, because we do not understand them fully, because they are our limits, and we are trapped within them, according to our human senses (senses is in some way connected to all of the variables), they are infinite.

MORE INFO REGARDING DEFINITION VARIABLES:
1: CONSCIENCE = You (set),
2: REALITY = Time+Place-Conscience=Circumstance.(setting),
3: WORD = Specific Component Subtracted From PERCEPTION (1+2)*

*This would work if it was possible to subtract something from perception, so you are left with everything that it is not the word, which is the polar opposite of what the word means, but in doing this, you would have to have experienced everything, by experiencing reality without perception, which cannot be done without eliminating consciousness as a variable, which would in turn render your perception void, leaving only reality. But loosing your perception of reality seems to ruins the point, because now you cannot perceive anything at all (according to my experience, which does not include eliminating my consciousness, i.e. death.).

So no, there is no technical definition for any word, because for it to be correct, it would need to be relative to three variables, which are impossible to measure, and perhaps infinite.

In conclusion, the true definition of any word would have to be infinite, which would ruin the entire point of the language, which is to make the infinite finite, making reality be perceived as finite, so that finite perception can fit within a language system, this is done by limiting societies perception (what is socially accepted as common truth) of reality to what is known to be true through the perception of the society that uses language.



NOTE:

What is being left out here is that words have meaning imposed upon them, meaning that the words do not actually are not actual containers for the meaning that is being implied, because each implication is a value determined by the variables. In conclusion, the perfect dictionary is simply impossible. Sorry.

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Answer 3

The connotation of a word is its literal dictionary definition. The denotation of a word is its inferred meaning.

Answer 4

Jutsu-Literally meaning technique, method, spell, skillor trick

Answer 5

denotation. Mr. Chris H

Answer 6

Meaning