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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, signification |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, convey |
| Synonyms: | add up, adumbrate, allude, allude to, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, hint at, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, point to, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, speak of, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, tell the meaning of, touch on |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in mind; intend |
| Synonyms: | aim, anticipate, aspire, contemplate, design, desire, destine, direct, expect, fate, fit, make, match, plan, predestine, preordain, propose, purpose, resolve, set out, suit, want, wish |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
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| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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alike, allegorical, allusive, ambiguous, amphibological, amphibolous, anagogical, antonymous, catachrestical, colloquial, correspondent, corresponding, declaratory, delphic, dilogical, equipollent, equivalent, equivocal, exact, explicit, expressive, figurative, full of meaning, hermenutic, homonymous, horrent, identical, intelligible, interchangeable, ironical, jussive, linsey, literatim, lucid, meaning, metaphorical, of similar meaning, of the same meaning, parabolic, perspicuous, pithy, pregnant with meaning, same, significant, significative, significatory, similar, suggestive, synonymic, synonymous, tantamount, tralatitious, typical
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| Concept: | [Idea to be conveyed.] Meaning. [Thing signified.] |
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-nouns
meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope., gist, essence, spirit., matter; subject, subject matter; argument, text, sum and substance., general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning (exact) [more], honest meaning [more], prima facie meaning (manifest) [more]., literally; after acceptation., synonym; implication, allusion (latency); suggestion (information); figure of speech; acceptation (interpretation).
-verbs
mean, signify, express; import, purport; convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense; tell of, speak of; touch on; point to, allude to; drive at; involve (latency); declare (affirm)., understand by (interpret).
-adjectives
meaning; expressive, suggestive, allusive; significant, significative, significatory; pithy; full of meaning, pregnant with meaning., declaratory; intelligible; literal; synonymous; tantamount (equivalent); implied (latent); explicit.
-adverbs
to that effect; that is to say (being interpreted).
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| Antonyms: | unmeaningness |
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| Concept: | Mean. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
mean, medium, intermedium, average, balance, mediocrity, generality; median, mode; golden mean (mid-course) [more]; middle; compromise; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
-verbs
split the difference; take the average; reduce to a mean; strike a balance, pair off.
-adjectives
mean, intermediate; middle; average; neutral; mediocre, middle-class; commonplace (unimportant).
-adverbs
on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis, in round numbers.
-phrases
medium tenuere beati.
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| Main Entry: | bearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance |
| Synonyms: | application, connection, import, meaning, pertinence, reference, relation, relevance, weight |
| Main Entry: | connotation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | implication |
| Synonyms: | association, coloring, essence, hint, meaning, nuance, overtone, significance, suggestion, undertone |
| Notes: | a word's denotation is its reference to the things it designates, its direct, explicit meaning; a word's connotation is things or attributes that the word brings to mind, any idea or notion suggested or associated with the word |
| Antonyms: | denotation |
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
| Synonyms: | capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, filling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume |
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