Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having meaning, significant.

    I think we made a meaningful contribution to this project today.

    bedeutend, bedeutungsvoll, sinnhaft

    зна́чимыйznáčimyj

    значнийznačnyj, значущийznačuščyj

    having a meaning or purpose

  2. Full of implication; heavy with unstated meaning.

    "So you enjoyed yourself, did you," she said, with a meaningful smile.

Examples

65 sentences
  1. She gave me a meaningful look.

    ruОна окинула меня многозначительным взглядом.

    deSie warf mir einen bedeutungsvollen Blick zu.

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  2. Tom gave Mary a meaningful look.

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  3. I wanted to write something meaningful.

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  4. I wanted to say something meaningful.

    deIch wollte etwas Gehaltvolles sagen.

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  5. Tom gave me a meaningful look.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From meaning + -ful.

From meaning + -ful.

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Forms

more meaningful, most meaningful
Comparativemore meaningful Lesson
Superlativemost meaningful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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