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Adjective meaning has 1 sense
- meaning, pregnant, significant - rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"; "pregnant with meaning"
Antonyms: meaningless, nonmeaningful (indirect, via meaningful)
Noun meaning has 2 senses
- meaning, significance, signification, import - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambigtuous"
--1 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
--1 has particulars: | | lexical meaning; grammatical meaning; symbolization, symbolisation; sense, signified; intension, connotation; referent; effect, essence, burden, core, gist; intent, purport, spirit; moral, lesson; nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement; overtone; point |
- meaning, substance - the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
--2 is a kind of idea, thought
--2 has particulars:
Verb mean has 7 senses
- mean, intend - mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
--1 is one way to convey, impart
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- entail, imply, mean - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
--2 is one way to necessitate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- mean, intend, signify, stand for - denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- intend, mean, think - have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
--4 is one way to will, wish
Sample sentence:
They mean to move
- mean - have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- think of, have in mind, mean - intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
--6 is one way to associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- mean - destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"
--7 is one way to intend, destine, designate, specify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
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