Collocation
What does this mean?
Used to ask for the meaning or explanation of something you saw or heard.
Definition
'What does this mean?' is a common English collocation. Used to ask for the meaning or explanation of something you saw or heard.
what + does + this + mean
“What does this mean in English?”
Examples
- What does this mean?
- What does this mean in English?
- Sorry, what does this mean exactly?
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- What does this mean in the context of the article?
- I saw this symbol on the map—what does this mean?
- My teacher wrote this comment on my essay; what does this mean?
- When the light flashes twice, what does this mean?
- In this equation, what does this mean for the value of x?
- If the app asks for permissions, what does this mean for my privacy?
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