Talk:meaning

In terms of examples for using the term

There is one mentioned:

the meaning of life‎

As an additionally one I would suggest the following:

Klaus participated in an E-mail conversation, but he didn't get the point.

Adverb: that is

Has it already lexicalized as an adverb? as in Son, you've been taught by the greatest father of all time, meaning me --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:06, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

This page is desperately broken (translation subblocks vs definitions)

The translation subblocks are inconsistent with the definitions, and the problem seems to have existed for a long time (at least since year 2014). Taylor 49 (talk) 11:25, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Decomposing the definitions

I am attempting to come up with an analytical scheme that gives reasonable assurance that our definitions span all usage of the word and provides distinguishable definitions. Some dimansions:

• Intended vs. interpreted (received)
• Of words, etc. vs. other somethings
• A person's meaning = intent
• Words: connotation (?) vs. denotation (countable, intended=received, ie, shared)
• countable (usually limited to definitions?) vs. uncountable

Possible structure of definitions:

1. of a word etc. (countable, shared)
   1. denotation
   2. connotation?
2. of a person (possibly concealed, ie. intent only)
   1. aim
3. of a phenomenon (no intent, as received)
   1. (uncountable) significance. His misstep had much meaning.
4. of a person's utterances or actions (intended (purport) != received (import)).
   1. purport
   2. import

Comments welcome. DCDuring (talk) 18:31, 21 November 2020 (UTC)