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mean is the dictionary form of meanner Definition of mean
mean has definitions from the fields of mathematics,statistics
1
[ verb ] mean or intend to express or convey

Synonyms

intend

Examples

"You never understand what I mean!" "what do his words intend?"

2
[ verb ] have as a logical consequence

Synonyms

entail imply

Examples

"The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

3
[ verb ] denote or connote

Synonyms

signify stand_for intend

Examples

"`maison' means `house' in French" "An example sentence would show what this word means"

4
[ verb ] have in mind as a purpose

Synonyms

intend think

Examples

"I mean no harm" "I only meant to help you" "She didn't think to harm me" "We thought to return early that night"

5
[ adjective ] (statistics) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

Synonyms

average

Examples

"the average income in New England is below that of the nation" "of average height for his age" "the mean annual rainfall"

6
[ noun ] (mathematics,statistics) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Synonyms

mean_value

7
[ verb ] have a specified degree of importance

Examples

"My ex-husband means nothing to me" "Happiness means everything"

8
[ verb ] intend to refer to

Synonyms

think_of have_in_mind

Examples

"I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France" "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

9
[ adjective ] characterized by malice

Synonyms

hateful spiteful

Examples

"a hateful thing to do" "in a mean mood"

10
[ adjective ] having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

Synonyms

meanspirited base

Examples

"liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

11
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25319
12
[ adjective ] used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

Synonyms

tight miserly small little mingy

Examples

"a mean person" "he left a miserly tip"

13
[ adjective ] used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt

Synonyms

beggarly

14
[ adjective ] (slang) excellent

Examples

"famous for a mean backhand"

15
[ adjective ] marked by poverty befitting a beggar

Synonyms

beggarly

Examples

"a beggarly existence in the slums" "a mean hut"

16
[ verb ] destine or designate for a certain purpose

Examples

"These flowers were meant for you"

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