It was found that those aged 65 and over were more likely to misinterpret sarcasm, taking the literal meaning away from the conversation, rather than the opposite intended meaning.

No longer do they speak the same hermeneutical language with one another, as they used to do when aiming to determine the historically, authorially intended meaning of biblical texts.

The first meaning could not have been the intended meaning in the case of school attendance.

The intended meaning was that compelling factors would usually be required to outweigh the public interest in maintaining refusal.

It maintains a consistent meaning regardless of the context, with the intended meaning corresponding exactly to the meaning of the individual words.