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1. The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
   countable, uncountable
2. The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.
   countable, uncountable
3. Effectively conveying meaning, feeling, or mood:eloquent, expressive, meaningful, significant.
4. The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.
   countable, uncountable
5. the sense in which a statement, action, word etc is (intended to be) understood. What is the meaning of this phrase?; What is the meaning of his behaviour? betekenis مَعْنى значение sentido význam, smysl die Bedeutung betydning; mening σημασία, έννοια, νόημαsentido, significado tähendus قصد tarkoitus sensמשמעות मतलब namjera, značenje jelentés arti merking significato 意味 의미 reikšmė, prasmė nozīme, jēga maksud betekenisbetydning; hensiktznaczenie قصد sentido sens значение význam pomen značenje ...
   etc
6. Intention.
   countable, uncountable
7. (of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message. The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late. betekenisvolle ذو مَغْزى многозначителен significativo významný bedeutsam sigende όλο σημασία significativo tähendusrikas معنی دار merkitsevä éloquent בַּעַל מַשמָעוּת विसर्पी značajan kifejező berarti þÿðingarmikill significativo, eloquente 意味ありげな 의미 심장한 reikšmingas zīmīgs, izteiksmīgs bermakna veelbetekenendmegetsigendeznaczący معنى لرل significativo e...
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8. (often used loosely) important in some way. a meaningful statement/relationship. betekenisvolle ذو معْنى، ذو أهَميَّه важен significativo mající význam, smysl bedeutungsvoll betydningsfuld σημαντικός, που έχει νόημα significativo tähendusrikas پرمعنی merkityksellinen significatifמשמעותי अर्थपूर्ण smislen sokat mondó penting þÿðingarmikill, mikilvægur significativo 意味のある 의미 있는 reikšmingas, prasmingas svarīgs, nozīmīgs bermakna belangrijk betydningsfull; meningsfull, relevant znaczący, istotny ...
9. without meaning or reason; of no importance. meaningless chatter. betekenislose بِدون مَعْنى، لا مَعْنى له безсмислен sem sentido nesmyslný bedeutungslos meningsløs άσκοπος, που δεν έχει νόημα sin sentido mõttetu بی معنی merkityksetön dénué de sens חֲסַר מַשׁמָעוּת अर्थहीन beznačajan értelmetlen tak berarti merkingarlaus insignificante, senza senso 無意味な 무의미한 nereikšmingas, beprasmis nenozīmīgs tanpa maksud zinloosmeningsløs; intetsigende, betydningsløs bez znaczenia بى معنى sem sentido fără s...
10. to be required or supposed; to have to. The child is meant to be asleep! is veronderstel om مَطلوب مِنْه، مُفْتَرَض أن предполага се dever být míněn, určen, považován; mít bestimmt sein zu burde; skulle υποτίθεται ότι suponer, deber, tener que peaks به نظررسیدن on tarkoitus olla être censé אָמוּר לִהיוֹת आवश्यक होना vjerojatno (elvben) ... kell harus vera talinn; eiga að vera dovere ～しなければならない …하기로 되어 있다 turėti būt domātam/paredzētam harus verondersteld worden burde, skullemieć په نظر راتلل d...
11. to have good intentions. He meant well by what he said. het goeie bedoelings يَكون لَه قَصْدٌ جيِّد ، لَه نِيَّه حَسَنَه добронамерен съм ter boas intenções myslit to dobře wohlgesinnt sein mene det godt έχω καλές προθέσεις, κάνω κτ. καλοπροαίρετα tener buenas intenciones head mõtlema تصور خوبی داشتن tarkoittaa hyvää avoir de bonnes intentions בַּעַל כַּווָנוֹת טוֹבוֹת आशा के अनुरूप कहना, परन्तु सहायता न करना dobronamjerno jót akar beritikad baik vilja vel avere buone intenzioni 悪意はない 호의를 가지다...
12. The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase: How many meanings does the word "dog" have?
13. An interpreted goal, intent, or end: "The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
14. A sense of importance or purpose: When he became a teacher, he felt that his life had meaning.

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Examples

“Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."”

“the meaning of life”

“The number of persons attending the vigil had a lot of meaning to the families.”

“It was their meaning to take what they needed by strong hand.”

“[…] there was nothing in the house, what there was, was broken, the last people must have lived like pigs, what could the meaning of the landlord be?”

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