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Here are an example sentence and its translation taken from an online English-Japanese dictionary.
問題の意味するところ
the meaning of a question
I'm wondering why the example sentence attach するところ and doesn't simply say 問題の意味.
Although there is a grammar that [verb] + ところ means is about to [verb], that grammar can't seem to be applied at here.
ところ has many meanings. This ところ means "thing, content". http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/158611/meaning/m0u/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D/
So 問題の意味するところ is same as 問題の意味すること. Of course, 問題の意味 make sense but if 問題の意味する, the word like こと or ところ is needed because 問題の意味する is a modification phrase so a modified word is needed like that.
It is probably "what a question means" in English.
