meaning
//ˈmiː.nɪŋ//
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Definitions
1.The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
2.The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.
3.The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.
- The number of persons attending the vigil had a lot of meaning to the families.
4.Intention.
- It was their meaning to take what they needed by strong hand.
1.present participle and gerund of mean
- Chinghung, meaning “City of the Dawn” in the Tai language, the capital of the Hsishuangpanna Tai Autonomous Chou, lies in an agricultural area on the lower Lantsang.
1.Having a (specified) intention.
2.Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
- There was a meaning pause, broken by old Stein again clapping his hands.
- I might, to-day, have been a better, and thus a happier man, had I less frequently rejected the counsels embodied in those meaning whispers which I then but too cordially hated and too bitterly despised.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1678
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English mening, menyng, equivalent to mean + -ing.