meaningful
Americanadjective
adjective
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having great meaning or validity
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eloquent, expressive
a meaningful silence
Usage
What are other ways to say meaningful? Something that is meaningful, such as a meaningful wink or meaningful choice, is full of meaning, purpose, or value. Do you know how meaningful differs from the synonyms expressive, significant, and suggestive? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
Other Word Forms
- meaningfully adverb
- meaningfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of meaningful
Example Sentences
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He admitted his side failed to turn their territorial advantage into the type and volume of meaningful chances that would have earned maximum points.
From BBC
Without meaningful simplifications for low-risk countries like the U.S., the regulation will punish the people the Europeans claim they want to protect—indigenous communities, stewards of the land, and small landowners.
The industry is working to clean up its act, but solutions to treat and ditch meaningful volumes of water far from the oil fields remain years away.
The numbers give you meaningful information about the system, but not about how people experience their actual lives.
From Los Angeles Times
The results, published recently in Advanced Materials, represent a meaningful advance against one of the most stubborn pollution threats worldwide.
From Science Daily
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