Do we need to know a definition of a word, in order to understand its meaning?
I believe that we do not need to know a definition of a word in order to understand its meaning because as humans, we experience moments that allows us to value words differently.
For example,
A name is just a name however if it a name of a enemy or someone that you do not like, hearing that name makes you anxious therefore you from your experience gave it a meaning. On the other hand, if your love is called by that name, you feel like calm and love.
Do words have meanings or do we give them meanings?
Words have no deeper meaning, unless of course you are a human. In that case words can have profound effects on the way people live their lives. This means that we as humans give meanings to the words. They do not have meaning if we do not give them one. So the combination of alphabets and letters have no meaning other than the meaning you give it through specific definitions.
Words are not sentient, animals are, nature is, these are things with deeper meaning. When one is not conscious living things have meaning words do not.
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