What is another word for meanings?

Pronunciation: [mˈiːnɪŋz] (IPA)

Synonyms for the word "meanings" include connotations, interpretations, significations, implications, definitions, senses, and denotations. The word "connotations" emphasizes the emotional or cultural associations a word may have, while "interpretations" stresses the subjective way in which a word is understood. "Significations" highlights the importance or significance of the meaning, while "implications" emphasizes the consequences or repercussions of the meaning. "Definitions" refers to the precise explanation of a word, while "senses" refers to the various meanings or contexts in which a word can be used. Finally, "denotations" emphasizes the literal or dictionary definition of a word.

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What are the hypernyms for Meanings?

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Usage examples for Meanings

Various meanings have been discovered in the four days during which it was reserved; but perhaps the true object was to give time for deliberation, for the solemnity and import of the institution to fill the minds of the people; time also for preparation, since the night itself was one of extreme haste, and prompt action can only be obtained by leisurely anticipation.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
I had to look each one up in the book and then fit the meanings together, bit by bit, like a mosaic.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
And they are not only beautiful in themselves but full of living meanings.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue

Famous quotes with Meanings

  • meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
    Alfred Adler
  • The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion.
    Pedro Almodovar
  • I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.
    John Barton
  • A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which are absolutely independent of each other, and if it can be interpreted in two quite different meanings.
    Henri Bergson
  • Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.
    David Bohm

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