different meaning
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdifferentandmeaning
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different
adjective
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.ənt/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.ənt/
not ...
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meaning
noun
uk/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition ofdifferentandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Since each module is different and independent, the same parameter can have adifferentmeaningfor different modules.
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There it took on a slightlydifferentmeaning.
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For example, certification does not have adifferentmeaningin the engineering domain.
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We use the words 'name' and 'link' with adifferentmeaning.
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The evaluation of the significance of a pair of sounds was in terms of whether they did or did not distinguish words ofdifferentmeaning.
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The "abstraction" that scholasticism distinguishes as the essential means of knowledge possesses a completelydifferentmeaningthan it does in modern usage.
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Today, "spontaneous labour" has adifferentmeaningfor many of those who have witnessed the evolution of obstetric "fashion".
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On this second line, the claim that committed action violates self-goal choice takes on adifferentmeaning.
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We again find bell-shaped curves compensating for each other - but they have adifferentmeaninghere.
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He does, of course, keep the word, but with a completelydifferentmeaning: instead of being the cause of motion impetus becomes its effect.
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A negative lexeme can have adifferentmeaningto its routine counterpart.
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The evidence could equally well indicate that the expression was merely figurative, and bore adifferentmeaning.
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For retirees, integration in this sense has an entirelydifferentmeaningthan for working migrants.
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Further, different behaviors havedifferentmeaningfor different adolescents.
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Such a model also predicts, however, that if there are two (nonsalient) homophonous items withdifferentmeaningin a language, both should be equally affected.
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However, their third value has adifferentmeaningin each, so we cannot use them together.
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But does it really make sense to attribute a discovery to somebody who gives this discovery quite adifferentmeaning?
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Some homonyms might also be learned because children did not notice that they already knew adifferentmeaningfor a novel word.
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