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Definition of "meaningful" []

  • Having meaning, function, or purpose. (adjective)
  • Fraught with meaning; significant: A meaningful glance. See Synonyms at expressive. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "meaningful" in a sentence
  • "When I first heard the phrase "meaningful adjacencies," I had no idea how powerful the concept would prove to be."
  • "One of the things I always teach my students is to project themselves into what I call the meaningful life."
  • "The great Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung coined the term “synchronicity” to define what he called meaningful coincidences in your life."