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UK
/mˈiːn/
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[ US /ˈmin/ ]
[ US /ˈmin/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort
taking a mean advantage
something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics -
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
a mean person
he left a miserly tip -
excellent
famous for a mean backhand -
characterized by malice
a hateful thing to do
in a mean mood -
of no value or worth
I was caught in the bastardly traffic -
marked by poverty befitting a beggar
a mean hut
a beggarly existence in the slums -
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
of average height for his age
the mean annual rainfall
the average income in New England is below that of the nation - (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
VERB
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destine or designate for a certain purpose
These flowers were meant for you -
denote or connote
`maison' means `house' in French
An example sentence would show what this word means -
mean or intend to express or convey
You never understand what I mean!
what do his words intend? -
have a specified degree of importance
My ex-husband means nothing to me
Happiness means everything -
have in mind as a purpose
She didn't think to harm me
We thought to return early that night
I only meant to help you
I mean no harm -
intend to refer to
Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France -
have as a logical consequence
The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
NOUN
- an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
How To Use mean In A Sentence
- Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
- Before Malfurion could ask who she meant, Tyrande brought the glaive up in a salute and murmured something in the hidden tongue of the Sisterhood. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
- The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
- I really felt like both of us were gonna be excited for the other one if we won and that meant a lot.
- You could get the go-ahead for a project that means a lot to you. The Sun
- According to what I read in a couple of dictionaries, "gild" means to decorate the outside of something, usually unnecessarily. Untwisted Vortex
- In the meantime Esco workers will be stuck with a bad deal.
- What's a little funky about this ice house is that it isn't meant for fishing.
- Thereafter thought, weighing the truth or falseness of the notion, determines what is true: and this explains the Greek word for thought, dianoia, which is derived from dianoein, meaning to think and discriminate. NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus
- That not only means that more information can be crunched at once, but these chips can also handle more complex instructions.