underlying meaning

collocation in English

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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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meaning
noun
uk
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition ofunderlyingandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunderlying meaning

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In segment 5, something else can be paraphrased as 'some other thing', indicating once again that else has 'other' as itsunderlyingmeaning.
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It assumes that the individual's behaviour and speech has anunderlyingmeaning.
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It is important to note that all tokens of else analyzed for this study have 'other' as theirunderlyingmeaning.
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What unites them is a commonunderlyingmeaningof the highest generality.
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Incremental processing therefore necessitates the use of storage facilities to allow for non-linearity in the matching ofunderlyingmeaningonto surface form.
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It is obvious that, as the 'smallest common denominator', such anunderlyingmeaninghas to be of the highest generality.
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This is regrettable for the additional reason that tracing the different uses of the progressive to a commonunderlyingmeaningwould provide essential support for the theory.
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One suchunderlyingmeaningis the distinction between 'open' and 'closed', or 'final' and 'non-final'.
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Despite differences in outward behavior or symptoms, however, we propose that theunderlyingmeaningremains the same across development.
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Codes were constructed into preliminary subthematic and thematic units that reflected theunderlyingmeaningof the text, and further analysis was carried out.
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That has a lot ofunderlyingmeaning.
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The result was a prayerbook, published in 1981, that facilitated uninterrupted prayer and elucidated theunderlyingmeaningof the text.
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It is unclear whether this interpretation will be brought into general usage, but theunderlyingmeaningremains the same.
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Information can be described alternately as organized data, the patterns that exist in data, or theunderlyingmeaningof interrelated pieces of data.
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Gold was an important addition to the pavilion because of itsunderlyingmeaning.
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Essentially, we are interested in the form of an expression, and not necessarily itsunderlyingmeaning.
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A verbal message is theunderlyingmeaningbehind peoples words.
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He felt that the unconscious mind produced latent content of a dream which held theunderlyingmeaningof the symbols in the dream.
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Theunderlyingmeaningof this line is that everyone is basically the same in one aspect or another.
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What is important to note is that these various terms and definitions have a similarunderlyingmeaning.
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