continual
(continual)
Princeton's WordNet
`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
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distort
Webster Dictionary
to wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning
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expound
Webster Dictionary
to lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle
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significative
Webster Dictionary
having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant
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semantics
(ɪˈmæn tɪks)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a branch of linguistics dealing with the study of meaning, including the ways meaning is structured in language and changes in meaning and form over time.
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intensive
(intensifier, intensive)
Princeton's WordNet
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
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intensifier
(intensifier, intensive)
Princeton's WordNet
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
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remean
Webster Dictionary
to give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret
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semantic
(semantic)
Princeton's WordNet
of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning
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opposite word
(antonym, opposite word, opposite)
Princeton's WordNet
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
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opposite
(antonym, opposite word, opposite)
Princeton's WordNet
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
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antonym
(antonym, opposite word, opposite)
Princeton's WordNet
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
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restrictiveness
(restrictiveness)
Princeton's WordNet
a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
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letter
(ˈlɛt ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
actual terms or wording; literal meaning, as distinct from implied meaning or intent
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modification
(ˌmɒd ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the meaning a modifier has, esp. as it affects the meaning of the word or other form modified, as in limitation.
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extended
(ɪkˈstɛn dɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to a meaning of a word other than its original or primary meaning.
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semantics
(ɪˈmæn tɪks)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc.:
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irony
(ˈaɪ rə ni, ˈaɪ ər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.
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connotation
(ˌkɒn əˈteɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: The word home often has the connotation “a place of warmth and affection.”
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-able
(ˈeɪ bəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,” associated in meaning with the word able , occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English to form adjectives from stems of any origin (teachable; photographable).
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un-
Webster Dictionary
an inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose
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savvy
(grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend)
Princeton's WordNet
get the meaning of something
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apprehend
(grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend)
Princeton's WordNet
get the meaning of something
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grasp
(grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend)
Princeton's WordNet
get the meaning of something
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compass
(grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend)
Princeton's WordNet
get the meaning of something
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comprehend
(grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend)
Princeton's WordNet
get the meaning of something
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get the picture
(grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend)
Princeton's WordNet
get the meaning of something
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refer
(denote, refer)
Princeton's WordNet
have as a meaning
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reinterpretation
(reinterpretation)
Princeton's WordNet
a new or different meaning
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denote
(denote, refer)
Princeton's WordNet
have as a meaning
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