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In my opinion no question is too trivial to be in this site. If the question is on-topic and as interest to the community then is a good question to be here. Sometimes I'm searching in a dictionary and I have some doubts reading the word meaning. Like this question Qual é a diferença entre «símbolo» e «emblema»?. If you search "vs" at main site you can find a lot of questions like this.

I have some experience from Stackoverflow em Português. There we open the on-topic questions scope because we don't have good sources in portuguese where we can find the obvious answers. Here we can do the same thing, but if the question is too obvious like «Qual o significado da palavra "comer"?» we have to close as you can see at Help Center:

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  • Usage, grammar, and pronunciation, including dialect differences
  • The meaning of a word or expression in context (if it is not clear from the dictionary definition)
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###What is the meaning of this word?

What is the meaning of this word?

We do ask that you look up the meaning of words or expressions in a dictionary first. If you can't find the answer you're looking for, go ahead and ask, but do provide the context in which you found the word or expression, and tell us why you find the dictionary answer unsatisfactory.

In my opinion no question is too trivial to be in this site. If the question is on-topic and as interest to the community then is a good question to be here. Sometimes I'm searching in a dictionary and I have some doubts reading the word meaning. Like this question Qual é a diferença entre «símbolo» e «emblema»?. If you search "vs" at main site you can find a lot of questions like this.

I have some experience from Stackoverflow em Português. There we open the on-topic questions scope because we don't have good sources in portuguese where we can find the obvious answers. Here we can do the same thing, but if the question is too obvious like «Qual o significado da palavra "comer"?» we have to close as you can see at Help Center:

(...) Questions about the following topics are welcomed here:

  • Portuguese linguistics, orthography, or etymology
  • Usage, grammar, and pronunciation, including dialect differences
  • The meaning of a word or expression in context (if it is not clear from the dictionary definition)
  • Problems encountered by people learning Portuguese

(...)

###What is the meaning of this word?

We do ask that you look up the meaning of words or expressions in a dictionary first. If you can't find the answer you're looking for, go ahead and ask, but do provide the context in which you found the word or expression, and tell us why you find the dictionary answer unsatisfactory.

In my opinion no question is too trivial to be in this site. If the question is on-topic and as interest to the community then is a good question to be here. Sometimes I'm searching in a dictionary and I have some doubts reading the word meaning. Like this question Qual é a diferença entre «símbolo» e «emblema»?. If you search "vs" at main site you can find a lot of questions like this.

I have some experience from Stackoverflow em Português. There we open the on-topic questions scope because we don't have good sources in portuguese where we can find the obvious answers. Here we can do the same thing, but if the question is too obvious like «Qual o significado da palavra "comer"?» we have to close as you can see at Help Center:

(...) Questions about the following topics are welcomed here:

  • Portuguese linguistics, orthography, or etymology
  • Usage, grammar, and pronunciation, including dialect differences
  • The meaning of a word or expression in context (if it is not clear from the dictionary definition)
  • Problems encountered by people learning Portuguese

(...)

What is the meaning of this word?

We do ask that you look up the meaning of words or expressions in a dictionary first. If you can't find the answer you're looking for, go ahead and ask, but do provide the context in which you found the word or expression, and tell us why you find the dictionary answer unsatisfactory.

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In my opinion no question is too trivial to be in this site. If the question is on-topic and as interest to the community then is a good question to be here. Sometimes I'm searching in a dictionary and I have some doubts reading the word meaning. Like this question Qual é a diferença entre «símbolo» e «emblema»?. If you search "vs" at main site you can find a lot of questions like this.

I have some experience from Stackoverflow em Português. There we open the on-topic questions scope because we don't have good sources in portuguese where we can find the obvious answers. Here we can do the same thing, but if the question is too obvious like «Qual o significado da palavra "comer"?» we have to close as you can see at Help Center:

(...) Questions about the following topics are welcomed here:

  • Portuguese linguistics, orthography, or etymology
  • Usage, grammar, and pronunciation, including dialect differences
  • The meaning of a word or expression in context (if it is not clear from the dictionary definition)
  • Problems encountered by people learning Portuguese

(...)

###What is the meaning of this word?

We do ask that you look up the meaning of words or expressions in a dictionary first. If you can't find the answer you're looking for, go ahead and ask, but do provide the context in which you found the word or expression, and tell us why you find the dictionary answer unsatisfactory.