mean
meen
- n an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
- v mean or intend to express or convey
You never understand what I mean! - v have as a logical consequence
The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers - v denote or connote
`maison' means `house' in French
An example sentence would show what this word means - v have in mind as a purpose
I mean no harm
I only meant to help you - v have a specified degree of importance
My ex-husband means nothing to me
Happiness means everything - v intend to refer to
Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip! - v destine or designate for a certain purpose
These flowers were meant for you - s approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
the mean annual rainfall - s characterized by malice
in a mean mood - s having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
taking a mean advantage
chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare
something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics - s excellent
famous for a mean backhand - s marked by poverty befitting a beggar
a mean hut - s (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
a mean person - s (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- s of no value or worth
- But what does it mean, exactly, to be a man these days? Once upon a Darwinian time, a man was the one spearing the woolly mammoth.
- The same as it has always meant.
- What does God mean to you? Paul Casey, Dublin, Ireland When I race, I don't think about it, it just happens.