Etymology

meaning

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Today it means: The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol. Full definition →

Middle English mening
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meaning · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited frommening
  2. English todaymeaning

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”).

meaning · verb, adjective2

From mean + -ing.

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