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adjective

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verb

present participle of mean
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as in indicating
to serve as a sign or symptom of these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived

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Noun
Gestures, colloquialisms, facial expressions, local cuisine, and the like are not incidental to a tongue but constitute it; sometimes, to capture a word or phrase, in writing or in an algorithm, is to stamp out its meaning. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025 The phrase doesn’t appear to have any real meaning and functions more as an internet inside joke. Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The more money one has, the less meaning work has to that person. Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Plus, the streamer offers a free five-day trial, meaning new subscribers can livestream the season premiere at no cost. Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025 Israel doesn't want this to happen again and plans to keep a close eye on the construction materials, meaning the flow of supplies entering Gaza could slow down. Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for meaning
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaning
Noun
  • Both of those rankings praised the city for offering a sense of community, mountain scenery and a bustling arts scene.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There was a sense of Diana and Charles arriving at Westminster Abbey in separate coaches on the day of the coronation.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Swets, who has expertise with special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), formed Greenland Exploration with his investment and merchant banking firm, FG Nexus, and agreed to merge with March GL and find a suitable SPAC to take the company public.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Sea lines of communication, or SLOCs, are the principal maritime routes between ports used for trade, military or other purposes.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But as multiple advertising world sources note, Apple has hired its fair share of TV and streaming video veterans over the past couple of years, which, when combined with this newfound desire to cut deals to expand Apple TV’s reach, is certainly suggestive of broader ambitions.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Competing in a new space The upcoming feature puts OpenAI in direct competition with Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, which has leaned into suggestive and anime-style interactions.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The car is now known as the 718—a reference to the Porsche that won the Targa Florio race in 1959 and 1960—with the Boxster and Cayman names denoting the vehicle’s body style.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Streamlining communication and clearly denoting important or urgent information can go a long way in helping families navigate a sea of information.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The picture, posted on the club’s Instagram account, showed Bellingham suspended in mid-air, with a purple elastic band around the sole of his boots and holding a kettlebell weighing around 14 kilograms (31lb).
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That outcome was hoped for, but not guaranteed, and this early evidence that gene therapy doesn’t preclude future use of devices surely offers comfort to parents who may one day be weighing several options for their infant.
    Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Before a lunar landing mission is attempted, NASA is planning to launch four astronauts on its Artemis II mission in 2026 on a 10-day mission circling the moon.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Until a few months ago, rumors suggested that Samsung was planning to replace the Plus variant in the S26 lineup with the Edge.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elordi may be indicating that Levinson is taking Euphoria season 3 in the direction of the single-character specials that aired between seasons 1 and 2 in 2020 and 2021.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Home improvement stores have been moving into the Halloween space, with the survey indicating 14% of Halloween shoppers intend to visit stores like Home Depot, Lowe's and Tractor Supply.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Whereas other manufacturers of the same size and in the same categories have focused more on production and less on marketing and media, Sharkey said White Oak was keenly aware of its significance.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And its significance cannot be fixed.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Meaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaning. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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