Menings
Menings is not a standard term in English-language linguistics. When encountered, it is usually a misspelling of meanings or a form borrowed from another language. In Swedish, for example, mening means both sense and opinion, and its plural is meningar. In Dutch, mening likewise means opinion, with the plural meninges. The form menings itself is not commonly used in these languages.
Meaning in linguistics refers to what a word or sentence conveys. Scholars distinguish between semantic meaning
Meanings can be layered. The linguistic meaning of a term is what the word stands for in
Examples illustrate the distinction. The word bank can refer to a financial institution or the side of
In short, while menings as a plural form is not standard, discussions of meaning rely on established