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adjective(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
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"Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"verbintend to refer to
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"a mean hut"adjectivemarked by poverty befitting a beggar
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adjectiveof no value or worth
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"`maison' means `house' in French" "An example sentence would show what this word means"verbdenote or connote
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"The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"verbhave as a logical consequencetype of:
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"a mean person"adjective(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
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nounan average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
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"the mean annual rainfall"adjectiveapproximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
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"I mean no harm" "I only meant to help you"verbhave in mind as a purpose
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"taking a mean advantage" "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort" "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"adjectivehaving or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
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"You never understand what I mean!"verbmean or intend to express or convey
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"in a mean mood"adjectivecharacterized by malice
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"These flowers were meant for you"verbdestine or designate for a certain purpose
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"famous for a mean backhand"adjectiveexcellent
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get think name drive plan poor normal tight mention meaning awful purpose base nasty spell design aim average intend link represent propose connect associate refer relate import stingy skilled convey norm expectation imply hateful specify advert cite signify symbolize designate meanness entail contemptible miserly ignoble denote symbolise ungenerous purport destine beggarly necessitate mingy typify have in mind think of colligate link up tie in bring up bastardly stand for mean value expected value arithmetic mean harmonic mean first moment geometric mean be after meanspirited