signification

1. The message that is intended or expressed or signified (synset 106613680)
   "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
   is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
   subtypes:

   • lexical meaning - the meaning of a content word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts it is used to express
   • grammatical meaning - the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form
   • symbolisation, symbolization - the use of symbols to convey meaning
   • sense, signified - the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
   • connotation, intension - what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
   • referent - something referred to; the object of a reference
   • burden, core, effect, essence, gist - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   • intent, purport, spirit - the intended meaning of a communication
   • lesson, moral - the significance of a story or event
   • nicety, nuance, refinement, shade, subtlety - a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
   • overtone - (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
   • point - a brief version of the essential meaning of something
   same as: import, meaning, significance

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