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Grammar : Noun

Spell : mee-ning

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmi nɪŋ

Definition of meaning

Origin : "sense, import, intent," c.1300, from mean (v.).

noun message, signification
noun intention, aim

Example sentences :

The people demanded of Antiphon the meaning of these visions.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

The young man stared at his mother until he had mastered her meaning.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

When I asked the meaning of this, they showed me a triangle.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

She was afraid that she now understood the meaning of the bill she had received.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Voices sounded in the hall, but he gave no heed to the meaning of all this.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He saw now the meaning of the manner in which Allister and Clune made their attack.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Internecine destruction probably has a meaning we can only guess at.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Meaning what we mean, he required a stronger, fiercer vocabulary than we ever need.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

We are at work not on the truth of passages, but solely on their meaning.
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza

I got a dispatch from, him quoting the Virago of Paris—meaning the Figaro, of course.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various

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