ALL meanings of mean
mean
M m - verb mean If doing one thing means doing another, it involves doing the second thing. 0
- verb mean If you say that you mean what you are saying, you are telling someone that you are serious about it and are not joking, exaggerating, or just being polite. 0
- verb mean If you say that someone meant to do something, you are saying that they did it deliberately. 0
- verb mean If you say that someone did not mean any harm, offence, or disrespect, you are saying that they did not intend to upset or offend people or to cause problems, even though they may in fact have done so. 0
- verb mean If you mean to do something, you intend or plan to do it. 0
- verb mean If you say that something was meant to happen, you believe that it was made to happen by God or fate, and did not just happen by chance. 0
- adjective mean If you describe someone as mean, you are being critical of them because they are unwilling to spend much money or to use very much of a particular thing. 0
- adjective mean If you describe an amount as mean, you are saying that it is very small. 0
- adjective mean If someone is being mean, they are being unkind to another person, for example by not allowing them to do something. 0
- adjective mean If you describe a person or animal as mean, you are saying that they are very bad-tempered and cruel. 0
- adjective mean If you describe a place as mean, you think that it looks poor and dirty. 0
- adjective mean You can use mean in expressions such as 'He plays a mean trumpet' and 'She mixes a mean cocktail' to indicate that someone does something extremely well. 0
- singular noun mean The mean is a number that is the average of a set of numbers. 0
- verb mean to intend to convey or express 0
- verb mean to say or do in all seriousness 0
- verb mean to destine or design (for a certain person or purpose) 0
- verb mean to denote or connote; signify; represent 0
- verb mean to produce; cause 0
- verb mean to foretell; portend 0
- verb mean to have the importance of 0
- verb mean to have the intention of behaving or acting (esp in the phrases mean well or mean ill) 0
- adjective mean miserly, ungenerous, or petty 0
- adjective mean humble, obscure, or lowly 0
- adjective mean despicable, ignoble, or callous 0
- adjective mean poor or shabby 0
- adjective mean bad-tempered; vicious 0
- adjective mean ashamed 0
- adjective mean unwell; in low spirits 0
- adjective mean excellent; skilful 0
- noun mean the middle point, state, or course between limits or extremes 0
- abbreviation MEAN moderation 0
- noun mean the second and third terms of a proportion, as b and c in a/b = c/d 0
- noun mean a statistic obtained by multiplying each possible value of a variable by its probability and then taking the sum or integral over the range of the variable 0
- adjective mean intermediate or medium in size, quantity, etc 0
- adjective mean occurring halfway between extremes or limits; average 0
- verb transitive mean to have in mind; intend; purpose 0
- verb transitive mean to intend or design for a certain person or purpose 0
- verb transitive mean to destine or seem to destine 0
- verb transitive mean to intend to express, signify, or indicate 0
- verb transitive mean to be used to convey; denote 0
- verb transitive mean to be a sign, indication, or herald of; signify 0
- intransitive verb mean to have a purpose or intention in mind 0
- intransitive verb mean to have a (specified) degree of importance, effect, or influence 0
- adjective mean low in quality, value, or importance; paltry; poor; inferior 0
- adjective mean low in social status or rank; of humble origin 0
- adjective mean poor in appearance; shabby 0
- adjective mean ignoble; base; small-minded; petty 0
- adjective mean stingy; miserly; penurious 0
- adjective mean bad-tempered; vicious; unmanageable 0
- adjective mean pettily or contemptibly selfish, bad-tempered, disagreeable, malicious, etc. 0