Another word for acceptation

That which is signified by a word or expression

• value

  1. An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
  2. Monetary or material worth:
  3. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit:

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  1. An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
  2. Monetary or material worth:
  3. Worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor; utility or merit:

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• signification

  1. Meaning or significance, especially of a word.
  2. The action or process of signifying:

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  1. Meaning or significance, especially of a word.
  2. The action or process of signifying:

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• significancy

  1. (dated) significance

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  1. (dated) significance

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• significance

  1. The state or quality of being significant:
  2. A meaning that is expressed or implied:

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  1. The state or quality of being significant:
  2. A meaning that is expressed or implied:

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• sense

  1. Any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste, and equilibrium.
  2. A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation:
  3. The faculties of sensation as means of providing physical gratification and pleasure.

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  1. Any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste, and equilibrium.
  2. A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation:
  3. The faculties of sensation as means of providing physical gratification and pleasure.

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• purport

  1. To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; claim or profess:
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Intention; purpose:

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  1. To have or present the often false appearance of being or intending; claim or profess:
  2. Meaning that is presented, intended, or implied; import.
  3. Intention; purpose:

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• message

  1. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another:
  2. The substance of such a communication; the point or points conveyed:
  3. A statement made or read before a gathering:

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  1. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another:
  2. The substance of such a communication; the point or points conveyed:
  3. A statement made or read before a gathering:

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• meaning

  1. The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase:
  2. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:
  3. An interpreted goal, intent, or end:

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  1. The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase:
  2. Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language; sense or significance:
  3. An interpreted goal, intent, or end:

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• intent

  1. Something that is intended; an aim or purpose.
  2. The state of mind necessary for an act to constitute a crime.
  3. Firmly fixed; concentrated:

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  1. Something that is intended; an aim or purpose.
  2. The state of mind necessary for an act to constitute a crime.
  3. Firmly fixed; concentrated:

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• import

  1. To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.
  2. To receive (data) into one program from another.
  3. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify:

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  1. To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.
  2. To receive (data) into one program from another.
  3. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify:

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• denotation

  1. The act of denoting; indication.
  2. Something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes.
  3. Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol.

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  1. The act of denoting; indication.
  2. Something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes.
  3. Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol.

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• connotation

  1. The act or process of connoting.
  2. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing:
  3. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.

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  1. The act or process of connoting.
  2. An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing:
  3. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.

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