signify

verbs

denote or connote

"`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

intend, mean, signify, stand for

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convey or express a meaning

"These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"

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verb group

denote or connote

"`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

is a type of (narrower)

mean or intend to express or convey

"You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

make known with a word or signal

"He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

signify

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to state or express briefly

"indicated his wishes in a letter"