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meaning - 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" |
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significance,
signification,
import |
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content,
message,
subject matter,
substance the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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lexical meaning the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express
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grammatical meaning the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form
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symbolisation,
symbolization the use of symbols to convey meaning
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sense,
signified the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
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connotation,
intension an idea that is implied or suggested
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referent something that refers; a term that refers to another term
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burden,
core,
effect,
essence,
gist an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
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intent,
purport,
spirit the intended meaning of a communication
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lesson,
moral a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for today"
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nicety,
nuance,
refinement,
shade,
subtlety a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
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overtone a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
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point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
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meaning - the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" |
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substance |
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idea,
thought the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
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semantics the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text; "a petty argument about semantics"
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implication,
import,
significance an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
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strain,
tenor an intense or violent exertion
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undercurrent,
undertone a pale or subdued color
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denotation,
extension,
reference act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need"
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reference the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
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connotation an idea that is implied or suggested
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