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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mean•ing•less (mē′ning lis),USA pronunciation adj. - without meaning, significance, purpose, or value;
purposeless;
insignificant:a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- meaning + -less 1790–1800
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: meaningless /ˈmiːnɪŋlɪs/ adj - futile or empty of meaning
ˈmeaninglessly adv ˈmeaninglessness n mean•ing /ˈminɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. - what is intended to be or is expressed: [countable]Most meanings of a word are given in the dictionary.[uncountable]Did you understand the meaning of that play?
- the end, purpose, or significance of something:[uncountable]His life no longer had meaning after his children died.
mean•ing•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mean•ing (mē′ning),USA pronunciation n. - what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated;
signification;
import:the three meanings of a word. - the end, purpose, or significance of something:What is the meaning of life? What is the meaning of this intrusion?
- Linguistics
- the nonlinguistic cultural correlate, reference, or denotation of a linguistic form;
expression. - linguistic content (opposed to expression).
adj. - intentioned (usually used in combination):She's a well-meaning person.
- full of significance;
expressive:a meaning look.
- 1250–1300; Middle English (noun, nominal); see mean1, -ing1, -ing2
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tenor, gist, drift, trend. Meaning, purport, sense, significance denote that which is expressed or indicated by something. Meaning is the general word denoting that which is intended to be or actually is expressed or indicated:the meaning of a word or glance.Sense may be used to denote a particular meaning (among others) of a word or phrase:The word is frequently used in this sense.Sense may also be used loosely to refer to intelligible meaning:There's no sense in what he says.Significance refers particularly to a meaning that is implied rather than expressed:the significance of her glance;
or to a meaning the importance of which may not be easy to perceive immediately:The real significance of his words was not grasped at the time.Purport is mainly limited to the meaning of a formal document, speech, important conversation, etc., and refers to the gist of something fairly complicated:the purport of your letter to the editor.
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