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mēnĭng
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noun
meanings
What is meant; what is intended to be, or in fact is, signified, indicated, referred to, or understood.
The meaning of a foreign phrase.
Webster's New World
The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase.
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American Heritage
The practical or essential significance of some concept or quality.
A spoiled child who doesn't know the meaning of hard work.
Webster's New World
Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance.
The writer's meaning was obscured by convoluted prose.
American Heritage
An interpreted goal, intent, or end.
American Heritage
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adjective
Disposed or intended in a specified manner. Often used in combination.
A well-meaning fellow; ill-meaning intentions.
American Heritage
That has meaning; significant; expressive.
Webster's New World
Intending; having purpose.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Meaning

Noun

Singular:
meaning
Plural:
meanings

Origin of Meaning

  • From Middle English mening, menyng, equivalent to mean +"Ž -ing. Cognate with Scots mening (“intent, purpose, sense, meaning"), West Frisian miening (“opinion, mind"), Dutch mening (“view, opinion, judgement"), German Meinung (“opinion, view, mind, idea"), Danish and Swedish mening (“meaning, sense, sentence, opinion"), Icelandic meining (“meaning").

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  • Seemean.

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