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v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

v. 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"

destine, designate, specify

v. design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

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intend, mean, think

v. 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"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

aim, purpose, purport, propose

v. propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"

bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal

v. be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

count

v. have a certain value or carry a certain weight; "each answer counts as three points"

prefigure

v. imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

embody, be, personify

v. represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

imply

v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

indicate, suggest

v. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

entail, imply, mean

v. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

intend, mean, think

v. 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"

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

aim, purpose, purport, propose

v. propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

hope, go for

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

quote, cite

v. refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"

decide, make up one's mind, determine

v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

define

v. give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"

demarcate

v. separate clearly, as if by boundaries

restrict

v. place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"

think of, have in mind, mean

v. intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

choose, take, select, pick out

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

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