MEANING in a Sentence

Learn MEANING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
408 example sentences for MEANING, such as:
1. The context makes the meaning clear.
2. Duff explained his meaning shortly but clearly.
3. And when I say queer, it's not crazy I'm meaning.
4. I don't know the precise meaning of the word 'gleaned'.
5. Children will soon make deductions about the meaning of a word.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of MEANING
meaning
 n.  the message that is intended or expressed or signified
 n.  the idea that is intended
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Scarlett, sitting on the stump, thought of those words which had made her so happy, and suddenly they took on another meaning, a hideous meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  And when I say queer, it's not crazy I'm meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  "I should cry into my pillow every night," said Scarlett, meaning to be flippant, but he took the statement at face value and went red with pleasure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  Now Melanie had given a new meaning to passages in the letters which Scarlett's eyes had barely seen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  Under Mrs. Merriwether's goading, Dr. Meade took action, in the form of a letter to the newspaper wherein he did not mention Rhett by name, though his meaning was obvious.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  His talk of shadow shows and hazy outlines conveyed no meaning to her but his last words were in language she could understand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
7  I can't make you understand because you don't know the meaning of fear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
8  She had hoped that Ashley's return would bring back some meaning into life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
9  Moreover, he's nervous and timid and well meaning, and I don't know of any more damning qualities a man can have.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  But I do like it, thought Scarlett trying to grasp the old lady's meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
11  It seemed to her that all Southern men, high or low, were sentimental fools and cared less for their hides than for words which had no meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
12  As the full impact of the meaning smote her, Melanie became so embarrassed that she fumbled with the bandage until it slid off the wound entirely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
13  She thought it had an imposing sound and even went so far as to have the sign painted, when Ashley Wilkes, embarrassed, translated the real meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
14  Reading the true meaning of her demeanor, he made casual answer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
15  The soft vehemence of this last ejaculation would have been, upon a man's lips, profanity of no uncertain meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
Example Sentence: (198 in 14 pages)
1  Death, old age, are words without a meaning, that pass by us like the idle air which we regard not.
2  The literal meaning of the word " cat " is an animal.
3  They taught me the meaning of Loyalty that you should never forget anyone you loved.
4  It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you.
5  Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.
6  The chinese word for crisis is divided into two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity.
7  I don't know the precise meaning of the word 'gleaned'.
8  The word history derives from the Latin word 'historia' meaning story.
9  Children will soon make deductions about the meaning of a word.
10  Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.
11  The context makes the meaning clear.
12  Duff explained his meaning shortly but clearly.
13  Extrovert prefer lively conversation to brood on the meaning of life.
14  Extroverts prefer lively conversation to brooding on the meaning of life.
15  There is a negligible difference in meaning between these two words.