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Definition: Meaning of, mean in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / miːn /

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mean meant meant
Present Participle Third Person Singular
meaning means
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  1. have a particular meaning [not in progressive] to have or represent a particular meaning
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  2. intend to say something [not in progressive] to intend a particular meaning when you say something
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  3. intend to do something to intend to do something or intend that someone else should do something
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  4. result in something [not in progressive] to have a particular result or involve something
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  5. be familiar [not in progressive] if a name, word etc means something to you, you are familiar with it or you understand it
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  6. say something seriously [not in progressive] to be serious about what you are saying or writing
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  7. how important somebody/something is [not in progressive] used for saying how important someone or something is to you
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  8. show something is true/will happen [not in progressive] to be a sign that something is true or will happen
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  9. spoken what do you mean ...? used when you do not understand what someone is trying to say
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  10. spoken what do you mean ...? used when you are very surprised or annoyed by what someone has just said
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  11. spoken what do you mean ...? used when you are very annoyed by what someone has just done
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  12. spoken say which person/thing used to say that a particular person or thing is the one that you are talking about, pointing to etc
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  13. spoken I mean used when explaining or giving an example of something, or when pausing to think about what you are going to say next
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  14. spoken I mean used to quickly correct something you have just said
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  15. spoken see what I mean? used when something that happens proves what you said before
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  16. spoken that's what I mean used when someone is saying the same thing that you were trying to say earlier
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  17. spoken I mean to say used when adding a reason or explanation for something you have just said, especially something you feel strongly about
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  18. mean business to be determined to do something
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  19. be meant to do something if you are meant to do something, you should do it, especially because someone has told you to or because you are responsible for it
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  20. be meant to do something to be intended to do something
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  21. be meant to be good/excellent/bad etc used to say that you have heard or read that something is good, bad etc
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  22. be meant for somebody/something to be intended for a particular person or purpose
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  23. be meant for somebody if two people are meant for each other, they are very suitable as partners for each other
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  24. somebody was never meant for something/to be something used to say that someone is not at all suitable for a particular job or activity
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  25. something was meant to be/happen used to say that you think a situation was certain to happen and that no one could have prevented it
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  26. know/understand what it means to be something to have experienced a particular situation, so that you know what it is like
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mean meaner meanest
  1. cruel cruel or not kind
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  2. not generous British English not wanting to spend money, or not wanting to use much of something ; =  cheap AmE] [=  stingy]
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  3. no mean feat/achievement/task etc something that is very difficult to do, so that someone who does it deserves to be admired
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  4. be no mean performer/player etc to be very good at doing something
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  5. a mean something informal used to say that something is very good or that someone is very good at doing something
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  6. average [only before noun] technical average
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  7. poor [only before noun] literary poor or looking poor
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mean means
  1. the mean technical the average amount, figure, or value
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  2. the/a mean between something and something a method of doing something which is between two very different methods, and better than either of them
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mean used in phrases

  • Greenwich Mean Time (noun)
    1. the time as measured at Greenwich in London
  • arithmetic mean (noun)
    1. statistics the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
  • geometric mean (noun)
    1. statistics the mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product
  • golden mean (noun)
    1. short + long the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long :
    2. the middle between extremes
  • harmonic mean (noun)
    1. statistics the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers
  • mean deviation (noun)
    1. statistics the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution
  • mean deviation from the mean (noun)
    1. statistics the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution
  • mean distance (noun)
    1. satellite or secondary star the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body from its primary
  • mean solar day (noun)
    1. time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
  • mean solar time (noun)
    1. an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator astronomy time based on the motion of the mean sun
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