#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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