How to Use meaning in a Sentence

meaning

noun
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  • What is the meaning of life?
  • I didn't understand the meaning of his remark.
  • What is the precise meaning of this word in English?
  • It's a story about the true meaning of Christmas.
  • Don't distort her meaning by taking her words out of context.
  • Literary critics disagree about the meanings of his poems.
  • The word has both literal meanings and figurative meanings.
  • What's the meaning behind the red lapel pin at the 2024 Oscars?
    — Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • This is the Yiddish, folksy meaning — a nice thing to do.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • A lot of the album's meaning, White says, can be found in its name.
    — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 9 June 2017
  • Watch Tzuyu explain the meaning of the song to Clarkson above.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2023
  • One of the appeals of the song is how much depth there is to explore its meaning.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Wasn’t that the meaning of a friendship stronger than the bones that held your gore and spirit?
    — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The Boston Celtics added new meaning to stealing a win on the road.
    — For The Win, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The colors of the transgender pride flag hold a lot of meaning.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Yet, each of you can rejoice in the beauty and true meaning of the season.
    — Columbia Flier, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Some of the tables have a special meaning at the restaurant.
    — AL.com, 3 June 2017
  • But most dark tourists seek meaning, not merely the deeply macabre.
    — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Our truck was a Western Star, a quad-axle straight truck -- meaning ...
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But a deeper lesson can be drawn about the meaning of the word public.
    — Curbed, 19 July 2023
  • And some get to work, trying to raise meaning from horror.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2023
  • And through them, Frecknall, for the most part, elicits not just the meaning of a line but its intent.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • It can be used not just to destroy meaning but to find it, create it, share it.
    — Hasan Altaf, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Green Border has a double meaning, as a place of beauty and a zone of death.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
  • And while some of the meaning has been lost to time, certain petroglyphs can still be read.
    — Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Lucy explores the themes of love, identity, freedom, and the search for meaning.
    — Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • This is a case of classic Fed speak, where small changes to language have a lot of implied meaning.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • For Armstrong, who has been sober for years, the song has a deeply personal meaning.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Traits that once seemed like quirks suddenly take on new meaning.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • For Carpenter, the new song’s inspiration and meaning is all about self-confidence.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024

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