#meaning__substance  the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
  supertype:  idea.cognitive_content__thought  the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
  subtype:  significance.meaning__import__implication  a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
  subtype:  tenor.meaning__strain  pervading note of an utterance; "I could follow the general tenor of his argument"
     subtype:  purport__drift  general meaning or tenor: "caught the drift of the conversation"
  subtype:  undercurrent__undertone  subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
  subtype:  denotation__reference__extension  the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
  subtype:  reference.meaning  the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"
  subtype:  connotation  an idea that is implied or suggested

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