MEANING

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Traducere în limba română

meaning I. substantiv

1. înţeles, sens, semnificaţie; accepţiune (a unui cuvânt, a unei fraze);

(fam.) what is the meaning of this? ce înseamnă asta?;

you mistook my meaning m-ai înţeles greşit;

want of meaning lipsă de sens;

a look full of meaning o privire plină de înţeles / semnificativă.

2. (înv.) minte, raţiune, inteligenţă, judecată.

3. (înv.) plan, intenţie.

meaning II. adjectiv

1. semnificativ, important, plin de înţeles, cu înţeles, care spune / implică ceva;

he mentioned this detail in a meaning way a menţionat acest detaliu într-un mod care spunea mult.

2. (precedat de adverbe) intenţionat (în bine sau în rău), cu gând (bun sau rău);

well meaning bine intenţionat, cu intenţii / gânduri bune;

ill meaning rău intenţionat, cu gânduri rele.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Arthur was silent, and was, I could see, striving to grasp the purpose and the inner meaning of the mystery.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

While considering her with these ideas, Betsey, at a small distance, was holding out something to catch her eyes, meaning to screen it at the same time from Susan's.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

She could not be mistaken as to the room; but how grossly mistaken in everything else!—in Miss Tilney's meaning, in her own calculation!

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Witness: It conveyed no meaning to me.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Why, Jo?" and her mother looked up quickly, as if the words suggested a double meaning.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“Do you really mean that?” said I. He was so composed, that I fancied he must have some other meaning.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He knew laughter and the meaning of it.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

By this time I had begun to understand the meaning of their terms.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

While she spoke, Wickham looked as if scarcely knowing whether to rejoice over her words, or to distrust their meaning.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

But what is the meaning of this?

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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