The phrase "a certain meaning" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to a particular meaning or connotation associated with something that might not be immediately obvious or explicit. For example, "The phrase 'a golden opportunity' has a certain meaning that implies something valuable and important."
Depending on the type of society, music may have a certain "meaning" or "function" (music does not mean the same thing everywhere in the world).
"The rating has a certain meaning here and the film's sensibility is so far removed from that of an ultra-violent film".
This "partial phonetic-semantic resemblance" is accounted for by noting that the words in question contain the same morpheme (namely, un-) and that this morpheme has a certain phonological form and a certain meaning.
The fact that a word or phrase has a certain meaning clearly belongs to semantics.
Using a term with understanding requires more than just being disposed to use it a certain way, Ginsborg argues; it requires understanding that it has a certain meaning.
Typically, such philosophers aim to specify properties of expressions which are necessary and sufficient for, and explanatorily prior to, their having a certain meaning.
It can still be appealed, which the White House suggested was all but certain, meaning an execution is not expected to occur soon, possibly not during Bush's remaining months in office.
It can still be appealed, which the White House suggested was all but certain, meaning an execution is not expected to occur soon, possibly not during Mr. Bush's remaining months in office.
I'm really inspired by cultural landscape, not just geographical places but places that have a certain architecture or have certain meaning, political or even mythological.
In their view, marriage is fundamentally a traditional way of life that possesses a certain social meaning.
Each tree-like pattern embedded in a sequence is considered to have a certain valuable meaning or the degree of importance used in different applications.
