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mean·ing (mē′niŋ)

noun

  1. what is meant; what is intended to be, or in fact is, signified, indicated, referred to, or understood; signification, purport, import, sense, or significance the meaning of a word
  2. Archaic intention; purpose

adjective

  1. that has meaning; significant; expressive
  2. intending; having purpose

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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