'Meaning' definitions:
Definition of 'meaning'
From: WordNet
adjective
Rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" [syn: meaning(a), pregnant, significant]
noun
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 ambiguous" [syn: meaning, significance, signification, import]
noun
The idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" [syn: meaning, substance]
Definition of 'Meaning'
From: GCIDE
- Mean \Mean\ (m[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meant (m[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Meaning.] [OE. menen, AS. m[=ae]nan to recite, tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. m[=e]nian to have in mind, mean, D. meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw. mena, Dan. mene, and to E. mind. [root]104. See Mind, and cf. Moan.]
- 1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do? [1913 Webster]
- What mean ye by this service ? --Ex. xii. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good. --Gen. 1. 20. [1913 Webster]
- I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not to mean it. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote. [1913 Webster]
- What mean these seven ewe lambs ? --Gen. xxi. 29. [1913 Webster]
- Go ye, and learn what that meaneth. --Matt. ix. 13. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Meaning'
From: GCIDE
- Meaning \Mean"ing\, n.
- 1. That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent. [1913 Webster]
- If there be any good meaning towards you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sense; import; as, the meaning of a hint. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Sense; power of thinking. [R.] [1913 Webster] -- {Mean"ing*less}, a. -- {Mean"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'meaning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptation,
- aim,
- allegory,
- allusion,
- ambition,
- animus,
- arcane meaning,
- aspiration,
- assumption,
- balefulness,
- banefulness,
- bodefulness,
- characterization,
- coloration,
- connotation,
- construction,
- content,
- counsel,
- definition,
- denomination,
- denotation,
- description,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- design,
- designation,
- desire,
- determination,
- diagnosis,
- differentiation,
- direness,
- disclosure,
- doomfulness,
- drift,
- effect,
- essence,
- explanation,
- expression,
- fatality,
- fatefulness,
- fingering,
- fixed purpose,
- force,
- function,
- gist,
- hint,
- idea,
- identification,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- indication,
- indicativeness,
- inference,
- innuendo,
- intendment,
- intent,
- intention,
- interpretation,
- intimation,
- ironic suggestion,
- manifestation,
- message,
- metaphorical sense,
- mind,
- motive,
- naming,
- nisus,
- nuance,
- occult meaning,
- ominousness,
- overtone,
- picking out,
- plan,
- point,
- pointing,
- pointing out,
- pointing to,
- portent,
- portentousness,
- presagefulness,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- project,
- proposal,
- prospectus,
- purport,
- purpose,
- reading,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- sake,
- selection,
- sense,
- show,
- showing,
- significance,
- significancy,
- signification,
- sinisterness,
- specification,
- spirit,
- striving,
- study,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- substance,
- suggestion,
- suggestiveness,
- sum and substance,
- supposition,
- symbolism,
- symptomaticness,
- tenor,
- tinge,
- touch,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- understanding,
- undertone,
- value,
- view,
- way of seeing,
- will
Words containing 'Meaning'
- By all means,
- By any means,
- By no means,
- Mean,
- Meaningly,
- Meanly,
- Meanness,
- by means of,
- means,
- mean deviation from the mean,
- Amphiuma means,
- By any manner of means,
- By no manner of means,
- Golden mean,
- Harmonical mean,
- Mean distance,
- Mean error,
- Mean line,
- Mean noon,
- Mean proportional,
- Mean sun,
- Mean time,
- Means grass,
- Means of grace,
- To mean business,
- Ways and means,
- arithmetic mean,
- arithmetical mean,
- by artificial means,
- double meaning,
- geometric mean,
- geometrical mean,
- grace means of,
- grammatical meaning,
- harmonic mean,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- man of means,
- mean deviation,
- mean value,
- means test,
- means to an end,
- word meaning,
- Error of the mean square,
- Extreme and mean ratio,
- Mean solar day,
- Mean-spiritedness,
- Well-meaning,
- greenwich mean time,
- mean solar time,
- mean square deviation,
- mean-spirited,
- regression toward the mean,
- ways and means committee,
- Mean-square error