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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
meaning / ˈmiːnɪŋ/ n.

(of word, remark) senso m., significato m.;
(of symbol, gesture) significato m.;
a word with two ~s una parola con due significati;
what is the ~ of this? che cosa significa questo?
yes, I get your ~ colloq. sì, capisco cosa vuoi dire

(message) (of film, dream) significato m.

(purpose) senso m.;
my life no longer has any ~ la mia vita non ha più senso;
to give new ~ to dare un nuovo senso a [life, work]

(eloquence) a look full of ~ uno sguardo eloquente o significativo.

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Inglese:

able - about - acquire - along - away - beneath - bring - broad - come - content - cover - deep - double - drift - enough - farther - follow - fundamental - further - furthest - get - how - import - like - literal - little - loaded - mean - message - misconceive - misconstrue - mistake - mute - my - need - no - none - obscure - our - out - over - pervert - pregnant - primary - secondary - semantics - sense - significance - strict

Italiano:

benintenzionato - buonafede - capire - costrutto - dire - doppio - già - mutamento - privo - proposito - senso - significare - significato - svuotare - termine - vocabolario

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
meaning	n	(word)	significato nm
What is the meaning of 'lean'?
Qual è il significato di "snello"?
meaning	n	(significance)	significato nm
			senso nm
He thought hard, trying to find the meaning of the puzzle clue.
Pensò intensamente, cercando di trovare il significato di quell'indizio.
meaning	n	(intent)	senso nm
I don't understand the meaning of his changed behaviour.
Non capisco il senso del cambiamento nel suo comportamento.

Additional Translations
meaning	adj	(intentioned)	intenzione nf
She is well-meaning, but can be a bit annoying.
Ha buone intenzioni ma può diventare irritante.
meaning	n	(importance)	significato nm
Events in Africa often have no meaning for people in India. It doesn't affect their lives at all.
Gli avvenimenti dell'Africa spesso non hanno significato per la gente in India. Non toccano le loro vite in alcun modo.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
accepted meaning	n	(common definition or use)	comune accezione nf
			significato accettato nm
best-meaning			più gentile adj
deeper meaning	n	(subtext, greater significance)	significato profondo nm
double meaning	n	(ambiguity)	doppio senso nm
The sentence "Our eyes crossed when we met" contains a double meaning.
full of meaning	adj	(deeply symbolic or significant)	ricco di significati agg
That song is full of meaning to me.
Questa canzone è ricca di significati per me.
			molto significativo agg
Questo libro è stato molto significativo per la mia adolescenza.
give meaning to sth	v	(make sth significant)	dare un significato a vtr
grasp the meaning			afferrare il senso; il significato
grasp the meaning of			afferrare il significato di, intuire il significato di
hidden meaning	n	(subtext)	significato nascosto nm
levels of meaning			livelli di significato
literal meaning	n	(strict, not figurative sense)	significato letterale nm
When people say they are dying to see you, they don't expect you to take the literal meaning.
Quando qualcuno ti dice che muore dalla voglia di vederti, non devi considerare il significato letterale!
new meaning	n	(enhanced or additional significance)	nuovo significato nm
The spoiled kid gave new meaning to the word "brat.".
Vi sono parole che talvolta assumono un nuovo significato.
real meaning	n	(true significance)	vero significato nm
The real meaning of the word decimate it to kill one man in ten.
Il vero significato di quelle parole era ben altro.
right meaning			significato corretto
strict meaning			senso stretto
symbolic meaning	n	(what sth represents)	significato simbolico nmm
Flowers often have a symbolic meaning; a red rose represents love, for example.
Spesso i fiori hanno un significato simbolico; una rosa rossa, ad esempio, rappresenta l'amore.
true meaning	n	(real significance)	vero significato nm
All of the holiday advertising makes us forget the true meaning of Christmas.
Tutti i lustrini del natale ci fanno dimenticare il suo vero significato.
true-meaning			vero significato
underlying meaning	n	(implicit significance, subtext)	significato sottinteso nm
I had a hard time trying to determine the poem's underlying meaning.
Ho difficoltà a capire i significati sottintesi di alcune poesie.
well-meaning			bene intenzionato adj
well-meaning			ben intenzionato
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"in" (IT) meaning "to" (EN)
A good relationship with her could give her life meaning
a meaning to the things I think about
a question of fact within the meaning
a sense of identity and meaning
any material can arbitrarily be endowed with meaning
As categories of meaning emerge
Asking different meaning
behold (meaning to look at with awe)
better luck, meaning better result
condotta violenta and violenza privata (legal meaning)
construction and meaning
Don't worry he doesn't understand the meaning of true love
Education has a very deep meaning
Have been meaning to email you and say hi.
Hidden meaning
I've been meaning to
keep meaning
layers of meaning
level of meaning
matching the meaning
Meaning more of each
meaning of last name-Toschi
meaning of mangecake
Meaning of some imperativo - fatteli, vacci, dammeli.
meaning of VELINE
meaning that
model the true meaning of
On board (double meaning)
Passing (archaic meaning?)
continua...

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