meaning

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.nɪŋ/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nɪŋ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.nɪŋ/, [ˈmɪi.nɪŋ] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.nəŋ/ Rhymes: -iːnɪŋ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English mening, menyng, equivalent to mean +‎ -ing. Cognate with Scots mening (“intent, purpose, sense, meaning”), West Frisian miening (“opinion, mind”), Dutch mening (“view, opinion, judgement”), German Meinung (“opinion, view, mind, idea”), Danish and Swedish mening (“meaning, sense, sentence, opinion”), Icelandic meining (“meaning”). ==== Noun ==== meaning (countable and uncountable, plural meanings) (of words, expressions or symbols) Synonym: value The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol. The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol. Synonym: significance (linguistics) The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence. (of a person's actions) Intention. ===== Synonyms ===== (denotation of words etc.): acceptation, definition, parsing, sense (connotation of words etc.): flavor, implication, import, insinuation, tone (something beyond a thing's existence): purpose, significance (of a person's actions): goal, aim, plan, intent ===== Hyponyms ===== proposition ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From mean + -ing. ==== Verb ==== meaning present participle and gerund of mean ==== Adjective ==== meaning (comparative more meaning, superlative most meaning) Having a (specified) intention. Well/ill meaning. Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “meaning”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === amening