meaning
/ˈmi.nɪŋ/ noun A2- The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
- The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.
- The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence. · Near-synonyms: meaningfulness, point, purpose, significance, use· the meaning of life
- Intention.
Plural meanings
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“I’m very sorry you’ve been annoyed,” said Alice, who was beginning to see its meaning.
Alice felt dreadfully puzzled, The Hatter’s remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English.
“And that’s the jury-box,” thought Alice, “and those twelve creatures,” (she was obliged to say “creatures,” you see, because some of them were animals, and some were birds,) “I suppose they are the jurors.” She said this last word two or three times over to herself, being rather proud of it: for she thought, and rightly too, that very few little girls of her age knew the meaning of it at all.
_I_ don’t believe there’s an atom of meaning in it.”
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