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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted;
- Example: "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"
- Example: "in the best sense charity is really a duty"
- Example: "the signifier is linked to the signified"
[syn: sense, signified]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Signify \Sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signified; p. pr. & vb. n. Signifying.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Sign, n., and -fy.] 1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present. [1913 Webster] I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken. [1913 Webster] He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance. [1913 Webster] Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

signified n 1: the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified" [syn: sense, signified]