Definition synonyms | Best 74 synonyms for definition

meaning

(Semantics) The objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.

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description

The definition of a description is a statement that gives details about someone or something.

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analogue

The definition of an analogue is a thing or person that is like something else in some ways.

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elucidation

A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.

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gloss

A purposefully misleading interpretation or explanation.

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clue

(Slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

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explication

The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.

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individuation

(Philosophy) The development of the individual from the general or universal.

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cue

A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect.

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key

(Bot.) key fruit

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dictionary meaning

Expressed meaning of a term

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representation

A statement of fact made with the purpose of getting someone to become party to a transaction or contract. See also misrepresentation.

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interpretation

(Countable) An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.

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paraphrase

A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words, often to clarify meaning.

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characterization

The definition of characterization is the act of describing or creation of a character in a story or drama.

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recursive-definition

(Semantics) A definition of a term within which the term itself appears, and that is well-founded, avoiding an infinite regress.

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expounding

The act by which something is expounded.

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nonsense (antonym)

Words or actions that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all

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error (antonym)

The difference between a computed or estimated result and the actual value, as in mathematics

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confusion (antonym)

The definition of confusion is a state of bewilderment, misunderstanding or chaos.

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muddling (antonym)

The act of one who muddles; confusion; disorderly progress.

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mixing (antonym)

The act, or the result of making a mixture

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terminology (related)

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classification (related)

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concept (related)

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context (related)

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subset (related)

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principle (related)

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semantics (related)

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drift

The definition of a drift is a driving force or pressure, the ocean's movement due to winds and currents or a broad and shallow current that moves forward 10 to 15 miles per day.

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referent

(Semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.

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signification

Meaning or significance, especially of a word.

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exemplification

That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.

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explanation

The definition of an explanation is something that clarifies or makes clear.

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denotation

(Logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.

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synonym

(Botany, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.

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rendering

An interpretation or rendition

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sense

A sense is defined as a way that the body perceives external stimuli, or is an awareness or feeling about something.

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formalization

The act of formalizing something

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annotation

The definition of an annotation is an added note that explains something in a text.

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translation

A translated version of a text.

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comment

An explanation of a statute, code section, or administrative rule written by the drafters of the statute, section, or rule. See also annotation.

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clarification

The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

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rendition

(Now rare) The handing-over of a person or thing. [from 17th c.]

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rationale

An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something

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commentary

A series of explanatory notes or annotations, often forming a treatise on a text

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formal statement of meaning

Expressed meaning of a term