Verb

• S: (v) intend, mean, think (have in mind as a purpose) "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
• S: (v) intend, destine, designate, specify (design or destine) "She was intended to become the director"
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• S: (v) mean, intend (mean or intend to express or convey) "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
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• S: (v) typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol) "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
• S: (v) embody, be, personify (represent, as of a character on stage) "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
• S: (v) body, personify (invest with or as with a body; give body to)
• S: (v) exemplify, represent (be characteristic of) "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
• S: (v) typify, epitomize, epitomise (embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of) "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
• S: (v) signify (convey or express a meaning) "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
• S: (v) spell, import (indicate or signify) "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"
• S: (v) aim (direct (a remark) toward an intended goal) "She wanted to aim a pun"
• S: (v) drive, get, aim (move into a desired direction of discourse) "What are you driving at?"
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• S: (v) mean, intend, signify, stand for (denote or connote) "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"