MEANING

[noun]The meaning of something is what it expresses or represents.The word 'flight' has two different meanings : a plane journey, and the act of running away. [C]People have to discover or learn acceptable meanings for the symbols of their language when they are children. [C]The author was talking on television about the real meaning of the play. [C]The full meaning of his enquiry didn't become clear till later. [U]It wasn't obvious at first glance, but his paintings had (a) hidden meaning. [C or U](esp. humorous) "This place," said Mr. Reed looking at the palace, "gives the phrase 'detached housing' (a) new meaning (= adds to or changes the meaning you knew)." [C or U](esp. humorous) If you take my meaning is used to suggest that what you are saying can be understood in an additional way.When he started dancing on the table I'm sure he wasn't altogether sober, if you take my meaning (= he was drunk).