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#ifndef __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XMeaning_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_linguistic2_XMeaning_idl__

#ifndef __com_sun_star_uno_XInterface_idl__
#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
#endif


//=============================================================================

module com { module sun { module star { module linguistic2 {

//=============================================================================
/** one of the possible meanings for a word.

    <P> Represents one of the possible meanings that may be returned from a
     <member scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XThesaurus::queryMeanings</member>
    call and allows for retrieval of its synonyms.
    </P>

    @see    <type scope="com::sun::star::linguistic2">XThesaurus</type>
 */
published interface XMeaning : com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
         @returns
             the meaning represented by this object.
     */
    string getMeaning();

    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
         @returns
             a sequence of strings where each entry is a synonym of the
             current objects meaning.
     */
    sequence<string> querySynonyms();

};

//=============================================================================

}; }; }; };

#endif