meaning
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[ˈmiːnɪŋ] [-iːnɪŋ] 
US WMeaning
- Meaning may refer to:
- Meaning (existential), the worth of life in contemporary existentialism
- Meaning (linguistics), meaning which is communicated through the use of language
- Meaning (non-linguistic), a general term of art to capture senses of the word "meaning", independent from its linguistic uses
- Meaning (philosophy of language), definition, elements, and types of meaning discussed in philosophy
- Meaning (psychology), epistemological position, in psychology as well as philosophy, linguistics, semiotics and sociology
- NounPLmeaningsPREmé-SUF-ing
- Verb
- present participle of mean.
- Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
- present participle of mean.
- AdjectiveCOMmore meaningSUPmost meaning
- Having a (specified) intention.
- Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
- Having a (specified) intention.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
- Aeolism, or the emphasis on the form or sound of words per se rather than on their meaning or sense, presently flourishes under many dignified guises.
- I mugged up on the meaning of road signs before taking my driving test.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Evidences from ectrophysiological studies which employed affective priming paradigms also support the idea that music can convey emotional meaning.
- The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning.
- He's like a human parrot: he resays whatever he's told - without any comprehension of its meaning.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of meaning in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
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- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -ing
- Words suffixed with -ing
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
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- Present participles
- Present participles
- Participles
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- Adjectives
- en meaningless
- en meaningful
- en meanings
- en meaningly
- en meaningness
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "meaning" is an adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.