meaning

Signification

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.
4. Intention.

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmiːnɪŋ/

Étymologie

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”).

Associé à néerlandais

mening

Associé à allemand

Meinung

Nouveau

mean

1. To intend.
2. To intend.
3. To intend.
4. To intend.
5. To convey (a meaning).
6. To convey (a meaning).
7. To convey (a meaning).
8. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
9. To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
10. To be of some level of importance.