| conjunctive |
in grammar, of or denoting a conjunction or other word or phrase that connects words, phrases, clauses, or larger units of discourse or meaning, such as "still" and "in addition". [1/4 definitions] |
| connotation |
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. (Cf. denotation.) [1/2 definitions] |
| connote |
to suggest or imply (meanings or associations) in addition to the literal meaning. [1/2 definitions] |
| construe |
to comprehend or explain the meaning or intention of; assign a meaning to; interpret. [1/6 definitions] |
| content1 |
the substance or meaning of something. [1/5 definitions] |
| convey |
to communicate (meaning or feeling); express. [1/4 definitions] |
| corpus |
a compilation of written or spoken texts in electronic format analyzed as linguistic data in order to learn about word meaning and usage, word frequency, and language patterns. [1/4 definitions] |
| counter word |
(chiefly American) a commonly used word whose current meanings have little relationship to its original meaning, such as "nice" or "terrible". |
| couplet |
two successive lines of poetry that usu. rhyme and have the same meter, and often form a single unit of meaning. |
| cryptic |
difficult to understand; ambiguous or mysterious in meaning. [2/3 definitions] |
| cryptogram |
a message written so as to conceal its meaning by the use of a cipher or code. [2 definitions] |
| deconstruction |
a literary criticism philosophy, introduced in the 1960s, asserting that because words are defined using other words, the meaning of text has no stable reference and therefore cannot have a fixed meaning. [1/2 definitions] |
| define |
to explain or state the meaning of (a word or phrase). [1/4 definitions] |
| definition |
the statement of the meaning of a word or phrase. [1/3 definitions] |
| denotation |
an explicit, agreed-upon meaning of a word, as distinguished from connotation. (Cf. connotation.) [1/3 definitions] |
| dependent clause |
a clause that is syntactically not a complete sentence and is used typically as an attachment to an independent clause. A dependent clause adds additional meaning to the independent clause and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. |
| dictionary |
a reference work that contains a list of words of a particular language, usu. in alphabetical order and supplemented with information about the spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of each word. [1/3 definitions] |
| distorted |
portraying a different shape or meaning from what is normal or intended. [1/2 definitions] |
| double-edged |
having an effect or meaning in two, often opposite, directions. [1/2 definitions] |
| drift |
intention; meaning. [1/11 definitions] |
| Ecclesiastes |
a book of the Old Testament containing an examination of the meaning of life and advice about human limitations. |