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Mean

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Definitions for Mean

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

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