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As nouns the difference between intro and meaning

is that intro is short form of introduction while meaning is the symbolic value of something.

As verbs the difference between intro and meaning

is that intro is (informal|transitive) to introduce while meaning is .

As an adjective meaning is

having a (specified) intention.

intro

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Short form of introduction.
  • (demoscene) A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
  • * 1999 , "brainpower / digital artists", Win32 demos'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )
    • If the rules specify that the DLLs' size will be added to the 64K limit, there's not a lot of space to code an intro .
  • * 2005 , Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1
    • Games, demos, intros . They were the same, this was the scene. The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros.

    Antonyms

    * outro

    Hyponyms

    * (small audiovisual demo) , cracktro, invitro

    Anagrams

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal) To introduce.
    • ----

    meaning

    English

    (wikipedia meaning)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mening, menyng, equivalent to .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The symbolic value of something.
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  • The significance of a thing.
  • :
  • (lb) The objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.
  • (lb) Intention.
  • *(rfdate) (Sir Walter Raleigh):
  • *:It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand.
    • Synonyms
    * sense, definition
    Hyponyms
    * proposition
    Derived terms
    * antimeaning * meaning of life * meaningful * meaningless * meaninglessly * meaninglessness

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine , passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a (specified) intention.
  • Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
  • *1839 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘William Wilson’:
  • *:I might, to-day, have been a better, and thus a happier man, had I less frequently rejected the counsels embodied in those meaning whispers which I then but too cordially hated and too bitterly despised.

    • Anagrams

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