meaning
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
meaning/ˈmiːnɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action.
- 2 worthwhile quality; purpose.
– derivatives
meaningly adverb.
meaningly adverb.
'meaning' also found in these Oxford entries:
-able
- acceptation
- across
- adverb
- affect
- affix
- agin
- alarm
- album
- Algonquin
- alibi
- alive
- allegory
- allophone
- aloof
- ambiguous
- ambuscade
- ambush
- amen
- analytic
- Angevin
- antelope
- antonym
- anvil
- apparel
- array
- associationism
- atheling
- augmentative
- augur
- bacon
- bald
- bank
- bastard
- because
- beg
- behalf
- behest
- benevolent
- bi-
- bilk
- bistro
- board
- bombast
- budget
- bugger
- bully
- bulrush
- buoy
- burly
