We are not alone in suffering heartache, questioning purpose, searching for justice, or defining meaning.
That to me is the defining meaning of what it takes to be a leader".
This example shows how the local policy document is crucial in defining meaning.
To the learner of English, often brought up on a diet of grammar rules and comfortably defined meanings, such instances of language use, while commonplace, often seem to defy analysis.
In his textbook Language (1933), he had himself adopted a behaviouristic theory of meaning, defining the meaning of a linguistic form as "the situation in which the speaker utters it and the response which it calls forth in the hearer".
Lecoq also rejected the idea of mime as a rigidly codified sign language, where every gesture had a defined meaning.
This phrase, he said, has no clearly defined meaning in the realm of government spending — unlike words like "obligate" and "expend".
Wright laments the tendency for politicians to use words that suggest they cover all things but do not, citing the phrase "Aboriginal self-determination" as one that has been bandied around without being given any specific or defined meaning.
The humane economy defines meaning: improving interpersonal connection, relating to other living beings.
This is a truly deep problem in any theory that hopes to define meaning by functional relationships between brain states.
Cultural capacity includes the legitimacy and socially defined meaning of sustainability objectives, as well as their embedment in community values.
