Meaning

n.	1.	That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent. If there be any good meaning towards you. - Shak.
	2.	That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sense; import; as, the meaning of a hint.
	3.	Sense; power of thinking.

Noun	1.	meaning - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "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 ambigtuous" Synonyms: signification, import, significance
	2.	meaning - the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" Synonyms: substance
Adj.	1.	meaning - rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"; "pregnant with meaning" Synonyms: pregnant, significant

aim, allegory, allusion, ambition, animus, arcane meaning, aspiration, assumption, balefulness, banefulness, bodefulness, characterization, coloration, construction, content, counsel, definition, denomination, description, desideration, desideratum, design, designation, desire, determination, diagnosis, differentiation, direness, disclosure, doomfulness, effect, essence, expression, fatality, fatefulness, fingering, fixed purpose, force, function, hint, idea, identification, implied meaning, indication, indicativeness, inference, innuendo, intendment, intention, intimation, ironic suggestion, manifestation, message, metaphorical sense, mind, motive, naming, nisus, nuance, occult meaning, ominousness, overtone, picking out, plan, point, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, portent, portentousness, presagefulness, presumption, presupposition, project, proposal, prospectus, purpose, reading, resolution, resolve, sake, selection, show, showing, significance, significancy, sinisterness, specification, spirit, striving, study, subsense, subsidiary sense, substance, suggestion, suggestiveness, sum and substance, supposition, symbolism, symptomaticness, tenor, tinge, touch, undercurrent, undermeaning, understanding, undertone, value, view, way of seeing, will

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