noun
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Synonyms
mean value
verb
mean or intend to express or convey
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Examples
- You never understand what I mean!
- what do his words intend?
verb
have as a logical consequence
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Examples
- The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
verb
denote or connote
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Examples
- `maison' means `house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
verb
have in mind as a purpose
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Examples
- I mean no harm
- I only meant to help you
- She didn't think to harm me
- We thought to return early that night
verb
have a specified degree of importance
Examples
- My ex-husband means nothing to me
- Happiness means everything
verb
intend to refer to
Synonyms
think of
have in mind
Examples
- I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France
- Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
verb
destine or designate for a certain purpose
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- These flowers were meant for you
adjective
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
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- the average income in New England is below that of the nation
- of average height for his age
- the mean annual rainfall
adjective
characterized by malice
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- a hateful thing to do
- in a mean mood
adjective
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
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Examples
- that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke
- taking a mean advantage
- chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare
- something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
adjective
excellent
Examples
- famous for a mean backhand
adjective
marked by poverty befitting a beggar
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- a beggarly existence in the slums
- a mean hut
adjective
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
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- a mean person
- he left a miserly tip
adjective
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
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adjective
of no value or worth
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- I was caught in the bastardly traffic