SIGNIFIED
Dictionary entry overview: What does signified mean? • SIGNIFIED (noun)
The noun SIGNIFIED has 1 sense:
1. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
Familiarity information: SIGNIFIED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SIGNIFIED (noun)
Meaning:
The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
signified; sense
Context examples:
the dictionary gave several senses for the word / in the best sense charity is really a duty / the signifier is linked to the signified
Hypernyms ("signified" is a kind of...):
import; meaning; significance; signification (the message that is intended or expressed or signified)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "signified"):
acceptation; word meaning; word sense (the accepted meaning of a word)
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