WORD MEANING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does word meaning mean? 

• WORD MEANING (noun)
  The noun WORD MEANING has 1 sense:

1. the accepted meaning of a word

  Familiarity information: WORD MEANING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORD MEANING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The accepted meaning of a word

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

acceptation; word meaning; word sense

Hypernyms ("word meaning" is a kind of...):

sense; signified (the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted)

 Context examples 

The term 'phyto' originated from a Greek word meaning plant.

(Phytochemical, NCI Thesaurus)

A new collaboration between two UC Santa Barbara labs explored the underlying molecular mechanism of a remarkable process called anastasis, a Greek word meaning "rising to life."

(Cells Back from Brink of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)