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noun (the sense in which a statement, action, word etc is (intended to be) understood: What is the meaning of this phrase?; What is the meaning of his behaviour?) sentido* * *mean.ing[m'i:niŋ] n 1 significado, sentido. 2 propósito, intenção. 3 pensamento. • adj significativo, expressivo. -
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noun (the sense in which a statement, action, word etc is (intended to be) understood: What is the meaning of this phrase?; What is the meaning of his behaviour?) sentido, significado -
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SignificaçãoA noção básica é usada na Lingüística, tanto como um dado quanto como um critério de análise, ou seja, os lingüistas estudam a significação e também usam a significação como um critério para estudar outros aspectos da língua. -
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6 fraught with meaning
fraught with meaningsignificativo. -
7 to miss the meaning
to miss the meaningnão entender o significado. -
8 associative meaning
as.so.ci.a.tive mean.ing[əs'ouʃiətiv mi:niŋ] n Com significado associativo. -
9 double-meaning
dou.ble-mean.ing[d∧bəl m'i:niŋ] adj ambíguo, equívoco. -
10 well-meaning
well-mean.ing[wel m'i:niŋ] adj = link=well-intentioned well-intentioned. -
11 cognitive meaning
Significação cognitivaExpressão usada na Semântica para a classificação dos tipos de significação, e refere-se aos aspectos que relacionam as denotações dos itens lexicais e o conteúdo da proposição das sentenças. -
12 descriptive meaning
English-Portuguese philosophical dictionary > descriptive meaning
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13 ideational theory of meaning
English-Portuguese philosophical dictionary > ideational theory of meaning
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14 picture theory of meaning
English-Portuguese philosophical dictionary > picture theory of meaning
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15 stimulus meaning
English-Portuguese philosophical dictionary > stimulus meaning
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16 interpret
[in'tə:prit]1) (to translate a speaker's words, while he is speaking, into the language of his hearers: He spoke to the audience in French and she interpreted.) fazer de intérprete2) (to explain the meaning of: How do you interpret these lines of the poem?) interpretar3) (to show or bring out the meaning of (eg a piece of music) in one's performance of it: The sonata was skilfully interpreted by the pianist.) interpretar•- interpreter* * *in.ter.pret[int'ə:prit] vt+vi 1 explicar, aclarar, elucidar. 2 representar, exprimir o pensamento. 3 interpretar, traduzir, ajuizar da intenção. to interpret to the letter interpretar ao pé da letra. -
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['litərəl]1) (following the exact meaning with no exaggeration: the literal truth.) literal2) (understanding the meaning by taking one word at a time: a literal translation.) literal•- literally* * *lit.er.al[l'itərəl] adj 1 literal, ao pé da letra. 2 fig prosaico, positivo. -
18 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) avarento2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) indigno3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) mau4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) humilde•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) médio2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) médio2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) meio-termoIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) querer dizer2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) tencionar•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) significativo- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *[mi:n] n 1 meio, meio-termo, média. 2 means forma, expediente, modo. 3 means recursos. • vt+vi (ps, pp meant) 1 significar. what do you mean? / o que você quer dizer? 2 pretender, tencionar. 3 destinar. 4 dispor-se a. • adj 1 baixo, vil, desprezível. 2 inferior, pobre. 3 mesquinho, egoísta. 4 malvado, maldoso, ruim. 5 médio, intermediário. 6 sl ótimo, excelente. 7 envergonhado, humilhado. a man of means homem de recursos, abastado. by all means certamente, sem dúvida. by any means de qualquer maneira. by means of por meio de. by no means de nenhuma maneira. to feel mean a) sentir-se humilhado, envergonhado. b) sentir-se mal, não estar bem. to live beyond one’s means viver além de suas possibilidades. you don’t mean it! o senhor não está falando sério. -
19 interpret
[in'tə:prit]1) (to translate a speaker's words, while he is speaking, into the language of his hearers: He spoke to the audience in French and she interpreted.) traduzir2) (to explain the meaning of: How do you interpret these lines of the poem?) interpretar3) (to show or bring out the meaning of (eg a piece of music) in one's performance of it: The sonata was skilfully interpreted by the pianist.) interpretar•- interpreter -
20 literal
['litərəl]1) (following the exact meaning with no exaggeration: the literal truth.) literal2) (understanding the meaning by taking one word at a time: a literal translation.) literal•- literally
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