meaning

Meaning

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.

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmiːnɪŋ/

Etymology

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”).

Cognate with Dutch

mening

Cognate with German

Meinung

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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.