meaning

/ˈmiːnɪŋ/

意味: 意味

例文: ALX questioned the meaning of life.
　　  ALXが人生の意味を問いかけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: literal meaning(文字通りの意味), hidden meaning(隠された意味), true meaning(本当の意味)

定義: ある言葉や記号が表す内容や意図のことです。言葉や文章が何を伝えようとしているのかを理解するための手がかりとなります。

meaningは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the message that is intended or expressed or signified
Noun: the idea that is intended
Verb: mean or intend to express or convey
Verb: have as a logical consequence
Verb: denote or connote
Verb: have in mind as a purpose
Verb: have a specified degree of importance
Verb: intend to refer to
Verb: destine or designate for a certain purpose
Adjective: rich in significance or implication

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The meaning of life is different for everyone.(人生の意味は人それぞれ違います。)
Can you explain the meaning of this word?(この言葉の意味を説明できますか？)
She searched for meaning in the old poem.(彼女は古い詩の意味を探しました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: what is the meaning of this sentence
Noun: the significance of a red traffic light
Noun: the signification of Chinese characters
Noun: the import of his announcement was ambiguous
Noun: What is the meaning of this proverb?
Verb: You never understand what I mean!
Verb: what do his words intend?
Verb: The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
Verb: `maison’ means `house’ in French
Verb: An example sentence would show what this word means
Verb: I mean no harm
Verb: I only meant to help you
Verb: She didn’t think to harm me
Verb: We thought to return early that night
Verb: My ex-husband means nothing to me
Verb: Happiness means everything
Verb: I’m thinking of good food when I talk about France
Verb: Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
Verb: These flowers were meant for you
Adjective: a meaning look

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): entail, have in mind, imply, import, intend, mean, meaning, pregnant, significance, significant, signification, signify, stand for, substance, think, think of

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): associate, convey, idea, intend, message, necessitate

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acknowledgment, approval, body, breathe, burden, calculate, cogitation, commitment, concept, corker, correlate, design, digression, direction, disapproval, disrespect, drivel, entail, express, figment, flash, free-associate, generalization, guidance, hint, ideal, idealization, identify, impression, information, inspiration, interpolation, interrelate, keynote, kink, latent content, look, mean, meaning, memorial, misconception, narrative, nonsense, notion, offer, opinion, plan, preoccupation, promotion, proposal, reaction, refusal, remember, reminder, request, respects, say, sensationalism, shocker, slate, statement, subject, submission, suggestion, thank, theme, theorem, think of, wit

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): aim, connotation, denote, design, drive, effect, grammatical meaning, intension, intent, lexical meaning, mention, moral, nuance, overtone, plan, point, reference, referent, semantics, sense, significance, signify, spell, symbolization, tenor, typify, undertone

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: entailment, implication, implicative, import, intent, intention, mean, meaning, sign, significance, significant, signification, signifier, signify

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ing

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検4級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: