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SynonymInfo.MeaningCount Property

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Word Developer Reference

Returns the number of entries in the list of meanings found in the thesaurus for the word or phrase. Returns 0 (zero) if no meanings were found. Read-only Long.

Syntax

expression.MeaningCount

expression   An expression that returns a SynonymInfo object.

Remarks

Each meaning represents a unique list of synonyms for the word or phrase.

The lists of related words, related expressions, and antonyms aren't counted as entries in the list of meanings.

Example

This example checks to see whether any meanings were found for the selection. If any were found, the list of meanings is displayed in the Immediate window of the Visual Basic Editor.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set mySynInfo = Selection.Range.SynonymInfo
If mySynInfo.MeaningCount <> 0 Then
    myList = mySynInfo.MeaningList
    For i = 1 To Ubound(myList)
        Debug.Print myList(i)
    Next i
Else
    Msgbox "There were no meanings found."
End If

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