meaning
mean.ing \'me--nin\ n 1a: the thing one intends to convey esp. by language
: PURPORT 1b: the thing that is conveyed esp. by language : IMPORT 2:
INTENT, PURPOSE 3: SIGNIFICANCE 4a: CONNOTATION 4b: DENOTATION
SIGNIFICANCE, IMPORT denote the idea conveyed to the mind. MEANING is the
general term used of anything (as a word, sign, poem, or action) requiring
or allowing of interpretation; SENSE denotes the meaning of more often a
particular meaning of a word or phrase; ACCEPTATION is used of a sense of a
word or phrase as regularly understood by a large number of speakers and
writers; SIGNIFICATION denotes the established meaning of a term, symbol,
or character; SIGNIFICANCE applies specifically to a covert as
distinguished from the ostensible meaning of an utterance, act, or work of
art; IMPORT suggests the meaning a speaker tries to convey esp. through
language - meaning aj SYN syn MEANING, SENSE, ACCEPTATION, SIGNIFICATION,