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   mean

   /miːn/

   verb

   • 1. intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify: "I don't know what you mean" Similar signifyconveydenotedesignateindicateconnoteshowexpressspell outstand forrepresentsymbolizeimplypurportsuggestallude tointimatehint atinsinuatedrive atrefer toinformal:get atliterary:betoken
   • ▪ (of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language: "its name means ‘painted rock’ in Cherokee"
   • ▪ genuinely intend to express (something): "when she said that she meant it"
   • ▪ be of a specified degree of importance to (someone): "animals have always meant more to him than people"
   • 2. intend (something) to occur or be the case: "they mean no harm" Similar intendaimplandesignhave in mindhave in viewcontemplatethink ofpurposeproposehave plansset outaspiredesirewantwishexpect
   • ▪ be supposed to do something: "we were meant to go over yesterday"
   • ▪ design or destine for a particular purpose: "the jacket was meant for a much larger person" Similar destinepredestinefatepreordainordainintenddesign
   • ▪ have something as a motive or explanation in saying or doing: "what do you mean by leaving me out here in the cold?" Similar matterhave importancehave significancebe importantbe significanthave an input on
   • ▪ be generally considered to be: "this one's meant to be priceless"
   • 3. have as a consequence or result: "the proposals are likely to mean another hundred closures" Similar entailinvolvenecessitatelead toresult ingive rise tobring aboutcauseengenderproduceeffect
   • ▪ necessarily or usually entail or involve: "coal stoves mean a lot of smoke"

   Word Origin Old Englishmænan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch meenen and German meinen, from an Indo-European root shared by mind.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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     1

   • A

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   • N

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   to express or represent something such as an idea, thought, or fact: What does this word mean? [ + that ] These figures mean that almost six percent of the working population is unemployed. mean by What do you mean by that remark? She's kind of strange though. Do you know what I mean? "They all showed up." "You mean the entire family?" [ T ]

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     MEAN translate: knauserig, gemein, bösartig, schäbig,...

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   1. a. : to have in the mind as a purpose : intend. she means to win. —sometimes used interjectionally with I, chiefly in informal speech for emphasis. he throws, I mean, hard. or to introduce a phrase restating the point of a preceding phrase. we try to answer what we can, but I mean we're not God—Bobbie Ann Mason. b.

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   25 meanings: 1. to intend to convey or express 2. to intend 3. to say or do in all seriousness 4. to destine or design (for a.... Click for more definitions.

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