MEAN
- to intend (to do or signify)
- to signify
- to have specified intentions
- unkind; malicious
- poor; shabby
- resources, esp. money
- something midway between two extremes; average
- middle
- certainly
- in any way; at all
- with the help of; by the agency of; through
- not at all
- method for achieving a purpose
- direct to a particular individual
- inferior in grade, quality, or character [adj MEANER, MEANEST] / to intend (to have as a specific aim or purpose) [v MEANING, MEANS, MEANT] : MEANINGLY [adv]
- to have good intentions; try to be kind or helpful
- 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
- design for or destine to a specified purpose or future I was meant to teach
- serve or intend to convey, show, or indicate signify a red sky means rain
- have importance to the degree of health means everything
- have an intended purpose he means well
- to intend (to have as one's aim or purpose) [v MEANED, MEANT, MEANING, MEANS] / stingy, MEANER, MEANEST (pa p MEANT) [adj MEANEST, MEANER]
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