Sentences with phrase «literal meaning of the word»

[W] e literally don't recognize that we're abusing the literal meaning of the word.

A majority of the local churches desire to «walk together» (the literal meaning of the word «synod» or council) towards unity, while a minority desire ethnic isolation.

Once more John has started with the literal meaning of a word and ended by having it point beyond itself to something more.

First: traditional understanding, which is seemingly closer to the literal meaning of the word, i.e., proclamation of the Biblical good news (= euanggelion), witnessing, soul - winning, bringing people to Christ, propagation of Christian...

When you say «know», I'm assuming it's the literal meaning of the word know, as we all «know» our friends and family members.

This, of course, fits with the literal meaning of the word «transcend» — to rise above» or «to go beyond the limits.

@Chad — «Definition of ATHEISM» The definition you give is only ONE of the definitions of atheism — and it is not the literal meaning of the word.

First: traditional understanding, which is seemingly closer to the literal meaning of the word, i.e., proclamation of the Biblical good news (= euanggelion), witnessing, soul - winning, bringing people to Christ, propagation of Christian faith, and thus church planting (Matt.

The literal meaning of the word is «to extinguish,» in the way that a fire goes out when it runs out of fuel.

In Sanskrit the literal meaning of the word Suri is a thinker, god and a chief in a group.

The literal meaning of the word «breakfast,» is to break the fast between dinner and the meal eaten after a person wakes up the next morning.

The literal meaning of the word «Holi» is «burning».

Best known for her collection «Flowers in Concrete» (1966), Solt's poetry braids both the literal meaning of words and their visual qualities on the page, occupying a place between poetry and visual art.

A plain - language analysis of «oral communication» would indicate that taping a person's action of spreading trash doesn't constitute communication, but laws aren't always interpreted according to literal meaning of words.

Lawyers may become flustered when regulatory agencies take conflicting positions, or when there is a total disconnect between the literal meaning of words that people use and what they really intend.

And whatever the content of the obligation might be, it self - evidently does not connote a duty invariably to give effect to nothing other than the literal meaning of the words used by Parliament.

However, it does not suggest that the average consumer is incapable of understanding the literal meaning of the words used in an advertisement if the general layout of the advertisement does not render those words unintelligible.

As in all questions of construction, one comes back to the application of the literal meaning of the words set in their context.

However, do not go by the literal meaning of these words.

Names convey more than just the literal meaning of the words we choose to use.

But people in Asia and the Middle East, for example, may want you to «read the air» when they speak rather than rely on the literal meaning of their words.