meaning

Meanings

Noun

• The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.
• Intention.

Verb

• Present participle of mean

Adjective

• Having a (specified) intention.
• Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.

Related

Similar words

• definition
• goal, aim, plan, intent

Narrower meaning words

• proposition

Origin

• From Middle English mening, menyng, equivalent to mean + -ing. Cognate with Scots mening ("intent, purpose, sense, meaning"), West Frisian miening ("opinion, mind"), Dutch mening ("view, opinion, judgement"), German Meinung ("opinion, view, mind, idea"), Danish and Swedish mening ("meaning, sense, sentence, opinion"), Icelandic meining ("meaning").
• From mean + -ing.