Meaning
nnoun.communicationthe message that is intended or expressed or signifiedSynset:import significance signification
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:importmeansignificantsignify
Hypernyms:content message subject matter substance
Inherited Hypernyms:meaningmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:burdenconnotationcoreeffectessencegistgrammatical meaningintensionintentlessonlexical meaningmoralnicetynuanceovertonepointpurportreferentrefinementsenseshadesignifiedspiritsubtletysymbolisationsymbolization
Full Hyponyms:alpha and omegaantecedentbottom linecruxdenotatumdesignatumeffectgrammatical meaningintensionintentlexical meaningmoralnuanceovertonepointrallying pointreferentsensesymbolizationtalking pointword meaning
nnoun.cognitionthe idea that is intendedSynset:substance
Examples:- What is the meaning of this proverb?
Derivationally Related Form:mean
Hypernyms:idea thought
Inherited Hypernyms:meaningideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:connotationdenotationextensionimplicationimportreferencesemanticssignificancestraintenorundercurrentundertone
Full Hyponyms:connotationdriftreferencesemanticssignificancetenorundertone
vverb.communicationmean or intend to express or conveySynset:intend mean
Examples:- You never understand what I mean!
- what do his words intend?
Derivationally Related Form:intentmeaning
Hypernyms:convey
Inherited Hypernyms:meanconveyimparttellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:aimdrivegetimportrepresentsignifyspellstand forsymbolisesymbolizetypify
Full Troponyms:aimbodydriveembodyexemplifysignifyspelltypify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.stativehave as a logical consequenceSynset:entail imply mean
Examples:- The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
Derivationally Related Form:implicativeimplicationentailment
Hypernyms:necessitate
Inherited Hypernyms:entailnecessitateleadleaveproducemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.communicationdenote or connoteSynset:intend mean signify stand for
Examples:- 'maison' means 'house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
Derivationally Related Form:signsignificationmeaningsignifier
Inherited Hypernyms:mean
Direct Hyponyms:denoterefer
Full Troponyms:announceapplybullet votedenoteenumerateeuphemizeexpresshark backitemizelistnamenumberrecurslurtwistvote
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.cognitionhave in mind as a purposeSynset:intend mean think
Examples:- I mean no harm
- I only meant to help you
- She didn't think to harm me
- We thought to return early that night
Derivationally Related Form:intentionintent
Inherited Hypernyms:intend
Direct Hyponyms:aimbe afterdesignplanproposepurportpurpose
Full Troponyms:aimdesigndraw a bead onhopeoverrunovershootplanthink out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE | They --- to move (apply to: mean, intend, think)
vverb.stativehave a specified degree of importanceExamples:- My ex-husband means nothing to me
- Happiness means everything
Inherited Hypernyms:mean
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.cognitionintend to refer toSynset:have in mind mean think of
Examples:- I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France
- Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
Hypernyms:associate colligate connect link link up relate tie in
Inherited Hypernyms:think ofassociatethink
Direct Hyponyms:advertbring upcitementionnamerefer
Full Troponyms:commendcross-referdrag upinvokementionnamedropquoteraiserememberspeak of the deviltouch on
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.cognitiondestine or designate for a certain purposeExamples:- These flowers were meant for you
Hypernyms:designate destine intend specify
Inherited Hypernyms:meanintendplanthink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
adj satadj.allrich in significance or implicationSynset:pregnant significant
Examples:- a meaning look
- a significant silence
Antonyms:meaningless
Derivationally Related Form:significancesignify
Inherited Hypernyms:meaning
Similar to:meaningful