meaningfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːnɪŋf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈminɪŋf(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meaning n.², -ful suffix.

Etymology: < meaning n.² + -ful suffix. Compare earlier meaningless adj.

a. Full of meaning or expression, significant; communicating something that is not explicitly or directly expressed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [adjective]

sententiousc1440

pregnant?a1475

significant1566

senseful1596

mattery1602

significative1639

expressive1690

meaning1726

voluminous1804

meaningful1852

eloquent1870

1852 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 19 552 All the little meaningful gifts.

1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie xiii It was a..meaningful smile.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xiv. 193 She paddled softly, lingeringly, longing for him to say something meaningful to her.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August viii. 179 She would at last make such a todo of meaningful whispers and signals that McEachern would have to suspect something despite himself.

1991 D. Coupland Generation X i. 5 ‘Date from hell,’ she announced, causing Dag and I to exchange meaningful glances.

b. Having a serious, important, or recognizable quality or purpose.

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1852 Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 30 June 3/5 So earnest her manner, so meaningful her words, that one seemed to feel the blessings showered upon one's head.

1873 Harper's Mag. Jan. 216/2 She had sometimes dreamed of something more meaningful and truer,..a life coming straighter from the heart.

1889 Mod. Lang. Notes 4 144/1 Strike out the line, ‘Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol’, and count how much is lost... A fight of fierce fiery warriors, with groans of dying men, surely calls for mention of blood,–how meaningful in this case is ‘drizzled’!

1922 Times Educ. Suppl. 29 Apr. 200/2 The pupils see at once that their studies are meaningful.

1973 Times 9 Feb. 24/4 Federation met again last month to try to get meaningful talks going again on a new disputes machinery.

1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 26 Oct. b3/4 A downwardly mobile professional, usually under 40, who breaks off a promising or successful career to pursue more meaningful and spiritual activities.

2. Of a word, sound, etc.: conveying meaning; (Logic and Philosophy) compatible with the rules of a logical language or other sign system; able to function as a term in such a system.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [adjective] > meaningful

meaningful1874

1874 Ladies' Repository June 465/1 Seeming nonsense choruses..are in reality the remnants of the songs sung by the ancient Britons... Fal meaning a circle or sun, and la a day, and both words expressing the completion of a day. As the Druids marched round their stone circles..they chanted their meaningful chorus, ‘Fal-la-fal-la’.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. x. 166 In the case of lexical forms, we have defined the smallest meaningful units as morphemes.

1953 Mind 62 8 We often ask what a word means, but we do not ordinarily ask whether a word is meaningful or not. If it were not meaningful we would not call it a word.

1973 Physics Bull. May 281/3 The phoneme is the smallest meaningful unit of sound a listener can perceive.

1992 New Yorker 13 Apr. 79/1 She had learned to separate meaningful sounds from the general cacophony surrounding her.

3. Of data or its presentation: accurate and realistic; of practical use.

ΚΠ

1929 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 43 293 It is the aim of this division..to establish a common basis so as to facilitate the exchange of information and make as meaningful as possible the regular reports as to employment, contracts, [etc.].

1942 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 37 336 Health, child welfare, [etc.]..were carefully investigated in order to furnish the Council..[with] accurate and meaningful information.

1985 Austral. Business 4 Sept. 79/1 Calais sales are not separated from Commodore sales overall, so a meaningful figure on GM-H's performance in this market is not available.

1991 Antiquity 65 808/1 Such assemblages of data provide the best opportunities for the construction of meaningful chronologies, since they contain both archaeological and radiocarbon information of a high quality.

Compounds

meaningful dialogue n. a free and open debate between two parties (as states, political factions, etc.), esp. with opposed interests or with a history of conflict; any open and unbiased exchange of views.

ΚΠ

1965 Jewish Educ. 35 177/1 There can be no fruitful or meaningful dialogue between the Bureau and the denominational groups so long as one of the participants questions the legitimacy of the other.

1969 Amer. Q. 21 186 An effort to launch a meaningful dialogue whereby intelligent Americans could probe the bigotry that infested not merely the lower orders but the best society might have been a worthwhile project.

1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 20/6 Apart from this bit-part in the bogus theatre of free debate, there has been no meaningful dialogue.

meaningful relationship n. any significant affiliation or friendship; a romantic association based on a strong emotional or intellectual attachment (esp. as opposed to a relationship based principally on sexual attraction).

ΚΠ

1944 School Rev. Feb. 92 Meaningful Relationships Between Home and School.

1957 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 22 56 It is interesting to note a higher tolerance ratio at the next two levels of erotic intimacy... The probable explanation is greater emotional involvement of the girls in more meaningful relationships with corresponding exploitability.

1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Jan. 44/7 (advt.) Quiet female, 29, pretty, no children, never married, looking for a meaningful relationship, more so a husband.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meaningful
释义	meaningfuladj. Brit. /ˈmiːnɪŋf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈminɪŋf(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meaning n.², -ful suffix. Etymology: < meaning n.² + -ful suffix. Compare earlier meaningless adj. 1. a. Full of meaning or expression, significant; communicating something that is not explicitly or directly expressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [adjective] sententiousc1440 pregnant?a1475 significant1566 senseful1596 mattery1602 significative1639 expressive1690 meaning1726 voluminous1804 meaningful1852 eloquent1870 1852 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 19 552 All the little meaningful gifts. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie xiii It was a..meaningful smile. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xiv. 193 She paddled softly, lingeringly, longing for him to say something meaningful to her. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August viii. 179 She would at last make such a todo of meaningful whispers and signals that McEachern would have to suspect something despite himself. 1991 D. Coupland Generation X i. 5 ‘Date from hell,’ she announced, causing Dag and I to exchange meaningful glances. b. Having a serious, important, or recognizable quality or purpose. ΚΠ 1852 Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 30 June 3/5 So earnest her manner, so meaningful her words, that one seemed to feel the blessings showered upon one's head. 1873 Harper's Mag. Jan. 216/2 She had sometimes dreamed of something more meaningful and truer,..a life coming straighter from the heart. 1889 Mod. Lang. Notes 4 144/1 Strike out the line, ‘Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol’, and count how much is lost... A fight of fierce fiery warriors, with groans of dying men, surely calls for mention of blood,–how meaningful in this case is ‘drizzled’! 1922 Times Educ. Suppl. 29 Apr. 200/2 The pupils see at once that their studies are meaningful. 1973 Times 9 Feb. 24/4 Federation met again last month to try to get meaningful talks going again on a new disputes machinery. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 26 Oct. b3/4 A downwardly mobile professional, usually under 40, who breaks off a promising or successful career to pursue more meaningful and spiritual activities. 2. Of a word, sound, etc.: conveying meaning; (Logic and Philosophy) compatible with the rules of a logical language or other sign system; able to function as a term in such a system. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [adjective] > meaningful meaningful1874 1874 Ladies' Repository June 465/1 Seeming nonsense choruses..are in reality the remnants of the songs sung by the ancient Britons... Fal meaning a circle or sun, and la a day, and both words expressing the completion of a day. As the Druids marched round their stone circles..they chanted their meaningful chorus, ‘Fal-la-fal-la’. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. x. 166 In the case of lexical forms, we have defined the smallest meaningful units as morphemes. 1953 Mind 62 8 We often ask what a word means, but we do not ordinarily ask whether a word is meaningful or not. If it were not meaningful we would not call it a word. 1973 Physics Bull. May 281/3 The phoneme is the smallest meaningful unit of sound a listener can perceive. 1992 New Yorker 13 Apr. 79/1 She had learned to separate meaningful sounds from the general cacophony surrounding her. 3. Of data or its presentation: accurate and realistic; of practical use. ΚΠ 1929 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 43 293 It is the aim of this division..to establish a common basis so as to facilitate the exchange of information and make as meaningful as possible the regular reports as to employment, contracts, [etc.]. 1942 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 37 336 Health, child welfare, [etc.]..were carefully investigated in order to furnish the Council..[with] accurate and meaningful information. 1985 Austral. Business 4 Sept. 79/1 Calais sales are not separated from Commodore sales overall, so a meaningful figure on GM-H's performance in this market is not available. 1991 Antiquity 65 808/1 Such assemblages of data provide the best opportunities for the construction of meaningful chronologies, since they contain both archaeological and radiocarbon information of a high quality. Compounds meaningful dialogue n. a free and open debate between two parties (as states, political factions, etc.), esp. with opposed interests or with a history of conflict; any open and unbiased exchange of views. ΚΠ 1965 Jewish Educ. 35 177/1 There can be no fruitful or meaningful dialogue between the Bureau and the denominational groups so long as one of the participants questions the legitimacy of the other. 1969 Amer. Q. 21 186 An effort to launch a meaningful dialogue whereby intelligent Americans could probe the bigotry that infested not merely the lower orders but the best society might have been a worthwhile project. 1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 20/6 Apart from this bit-part in the bogus theatre of free debate, there has been no meaningful dialogue. meaningful relationship n. any significant affiliation or friendship; a romantic association based on a strong emotional or intellectual attachment (esp. as opposed to a relationship based principally on sexual attraction). ΚΠ 1944 School Rev. Feb. 92 Meaningful Relationships Between Home and School. 1957 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 22 56 It is interesting to note a higher tolerance ratio at the next two levels of erotic intimacy... The probable explanation is greater emotional involvement of the girls in more meaningful relationships with corresponding exploitability. 1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Jan. 44/7 (advt.) Quiet female, 29, pretty, no children, never married, looking for a meaningful relationship, more so a husband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1852
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