Collocations withmeaning
These are words often used in combination withmeaning.
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accepted meaning
Nicholson's starting point is the commonly accepted meaning of the word 'fusion' - the commercial imperative that led jazz to get into bed with rock at the end of the 1960s.
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allegorical meaning
In principle, we may suppose that at one extreme the allegorical meaning is merely top-dressing, an occasional implication sparked by a detail.
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connotative meaning
The results yielded three underlying dimensions of affective/connotative meaning (evaluation, potency, and activity) that accounted for much of the variance in ratings.
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contradictory meaning
In fact, the gothicity of the text also shows in the plurality of contradictory meanings that it carries.
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cultural meaning
Nowadays, with the current interest in lived experience and embodiment, we assume that some level of cultural meaning is implied in prereflection as well.
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definite meaning
Such an instruction has no definite meaning because it has infinite meanings.
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different meaning
Since each module is different and independent, the same parameter can have a different meaning for different modules.
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double meaning
In this case, we can depart from the premise that this symbol has a double meaning.
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dual meaning
The concept of decommodification, however, is plagued by a fundamental difficulty: its dual meaning.
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exact meaning
The exact meaning of this process is fixed by the given preference handling strategy.
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figurative meaning
According to this criterion, expressions such as ' give a hand' were excluded because their figurative meaning is extremely familiar.
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fixed meaning
In a way, sorts define types for values, which is indeed the usual representation of properties of fixed meaning objects in programming languages.
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hidden meaning
Indeed, we are on the look-out for remarks which suggest any ambiguity and in which the hidden meaning glimmers through an innocent expression.
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implied meaning
Listeners use pragmatic knowledge, which is often culturally bound, to make inferences and determine the speaker's implied meaning.
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intended meaning
These studies also reveal that the determination of an intended meaning is not an algorithmic process ruled by logical, semantic, or other fixed interpretative schemata.
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intrinsic meaning
Having initially denied that these have intrinsic meaning these authors now propose a revision of the activationsynthesis model to account for cognition under many conditions.
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literal meaning
In law, it enables judges to implement the intent of legislation rather than its literal meaning.
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metaphorical meaning
Of course there is no guarantee that a person would grasp the metaphorical meaning of a word by recognizing its literal basis.
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multiple meanings
Within these years, children are now able to acquire new information from written texts and can explain relationships between multiple meaning words.
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objective meaning
Our social and cultural context is also the source in which we can find views of life and ideas of objective meaning of human life.
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ordinary meaning
We do not think it necessary to provide a statutory definition of the phrase "organised games"; it will have its ordinary meaning.
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original meaning
Unearthing the original meaning of these words reveals how they all, in one way or other, are ultimately grounded in the spatial domain.
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plain meaning
The social salience theory may thus seem reminiscent of the "plain meaning" school of statutory interpretation, but there are important differences.
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precise meaning
Consequently, a precise meaning (or semantics) must be associated with any logic programming in order to provide its declarative specification.
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profound meaning
Well frankly, the profound meaning of the term is really contradicted by the specific measures which accompany it!
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semantic meaning
As a result, the linearity and semantic meaning of the verses dissolve.
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shared meaning
Shared meaning scarcely emerges between the two parties.
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sinister meaning
Tilted slightly to the right, it acquired sinister meaning on the world scene.
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specific meaning
Rather, these terms are shaped and given specific meaning by supranational institutions as well.
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spiritual meaning
Those looking for spiritual meaning rather than dry bones could also find solace.
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substantive meaning
Later it assumed the substantive meaning of short aria.
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symbolic meaning
Like symbolic meaning, value is contested by members of society.
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true meaning
Linguistic description is only a label to the true meaning of the thing to be described.
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ultimate meaning
The problem was part of the epistemological difficulties in doing any kind of history, questioning as it does the ultimate meaning of the written word.
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underlying meaning
In segment 5, something else can be paraphrased as 'some other thing', indicating once again that else has 'other' as its underlying meaning.
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