English pronunciation · Words Starting with M
Meaning Pronunciation
Meaning is pronounced MEE-ning, IPA /ˈminɪŋ/.
MEE-ning
US /ˈminɪŋ/ · UK /ˈmiːnɪŋ/
Syllables: MEE · ning (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: What a word, action, or event is understood to stand for.
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Meaning in a Sentence
- Look up the meaning before you use it in an email.
- The gesture has a different meaning in Greece.
- He searched for some meaning in the whole miserable year.
Common Mispronunciations of Meaning
Not MEH-ning
The ea spelling here is the long ee of green, not the short e of bed. Shortening it lands you near menace.
Not MEE-neeng
The second vowel is a brief i, so the word sits as MEE-ning. An ee in both halves gives it a chant-like rhythm.
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