Translation
to mean, to signify
Examples
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What does that word mean?
absolute .
That means absolutely nothing to me.
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His long silence meant agreement.
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The red sign means danger.
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Do you know what her smile means?
The subject of is the thing that carries the meaning - a word, a sign, a silence - and the meaning itself is the object. English lets a person be the subject of "mean", and that is where learners go wrong: "I mean that we should leave" is , , never . The noun signifo is a meaning or significance, and signifa describes something that carries weight. It comes straight off , a sign, so the two sit naturally side by side.
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