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MEAN

Definition:

1. [noun] an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
   Synonyms: value
   
   
2. [verb] mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
   Synonyms: intend
   
   
3. [verb] have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
   Synonyms: entail, imply
   
   
4. [verb] denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
   Synonyms: intend, signify, stand for
   
   
5. [verb] have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
   Synonyms: intend, think
   
   
6. [verb] have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
   
   
7. [verb] intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
   Synonyms: think of, have in mind
   
   
8. [verb] destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"
   
   
9. [adjective] approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"
   Synonyms: average
   
   
10. [adjective] characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
    Synonyms: hateful
    
    
11. [adjective] having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "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"
    Synonyms: base, spirited
    
    
12. [adjective] excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
    
    
13. [adjective] marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"
    Synonyms: beggarly
    
    
14. [adjective] used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
    Synonyms: mingy, miserly, tight
    
    
15. [adjective] used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt
    Synonyms: beggarly
    
    

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Related Words:

• typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
• denote, refer
• signify
• spell, import
• aim
• drive, get, aim
• design
• plan, be after
• aim, purpose, purport, propose
• mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
• arithmetic mean, first moment, expectation, expected value
• geometric mean
• harmonic mean

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