Meaning may refer to:

[ Theoretic

• Meaning (linguistic), meaning which is communicated through the use of language
• Meaning (non-linguistic), extra-linguistic meaning (intentional communication without the use of language), and natural meaning, where no intentions are involved at all
• Meaning (semiotics) has to do with the distribution of signs in sign relations
• Meaning as a relationship between ontology and truth
• Meaning as a reference or equivalence

• Meaning as values, a value system or as derived from value theory
• Meaning (existential), as it is understood in contemporary existentialism and logotherapy
• The meaning of life, a notion concerning the nature of human existence

[ Proper name

• "Meaning" (House episode), an episode of the television series House
• Meanings (album), an album by Gad Elbaz

[ See also

• Hermeneutics
• Linguistics