Synonyms:
mean, intend, signify, stand_for
Meaning: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
Synonyms:
signify
Meaning: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
Usage examples
"Signify! oh, heavens!
Only--just what did it signify?
What does scandal signify to me?
That will not signify; I never mind dirt."
"But it does not signify if they do," said Catherine, very innocently.
Why were not they more punctual? It was dirty, indeed, but what did that signify?
Wickham will soon be gone; and therefore it will not signify to anyone here what he really is.
One of the beaters was so near that he could not but have heard;--but what does a beater signify?
She had not written, and that seemed to signify rather that she would come than that she would not.
Finding I could not speak, I put my hand to my head' to signify that what the princess spoke was correct.