mean in English

adjective

1

unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous.

she felt mean not giving a tip

synonyms: miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike, tightfisted, stingy, tight, mingy, money-grubbing, cheap, penurious

2

unkind, spiteful, or unfair.

it was very mean of me

synonyms: unkind, nasty, unpleasant, spiteful, malicious, unfair, cruel, shabby, foul, despicable, contemptible, obnoxious, vile, odious, loathsome, base, low, horrible, horrid, hateful, rotten, lowdown, beastly

3

(especially of a place) poor in quality and appearance; shabby.

her home was mean and small

4

excellent; very skillful or effective.

he's a mean cook

5

(of a quantity) calculated as a mean; average.

by 1989, the mean age at marriage stood at 24.8 for women and 26.9 for men

synonyms: average, median, middle, medial, medium, normal, standard

6

equally far from two extremes.

hope is the mean virtue between despair and presumption

noun

1

the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

2

a condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite (usually unsatisfactory) extremes.

the mean between two extremes

synonyms: middle course, middle way, midpoint, happy medium, golden mean, compromise, balance, median, norm, average

verb

1

intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify.

I don't know what you mean

synonyms: signify, convey, denote, designate, indicate, connote, show, express, spell out, stand for, represent, symbolize, imply, suggest, intimate, hint at, insinuate, drive at, refer to, allude to, point to, betoken

2

intend (something) to occur or be the case.

they mean no harm

synonyms: intend, aim, plan, design, have in mind, contemplate, purpose, propose, set out, aspire, desire, want, wish, expect

3

have as a consequence or result.

the proposals are likely to mean another hundred closures

synonyms: entail, involve, necessitate, lead to, result in, give rise to, bring about, cause, engender, produce, presage, portend, foretell, augur, promise, foreshadow, herald, signal, bode, betoken

adjective

unkind, nasty, unpleasant, spiteful, malicious, unfair, cruel, shabby, foul, despicable, contemptible, obnoxious, vile, odious, loathsome, base, low, horrible, horrid, hateful, rotten, lowdown, beastly
miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike, tightfisted, stingy, tight, mingy, money-grubbing, cheap, penurious
inferior, poor, limited, restricted
lowly, humble, ordinary, low, low-born, modest, common, base, proletarian, plebeian, obscure, ignoble, undistinguished, baseborn
average, median, middle, medial, medium, normal, standard
meanspirited, base
beggarly
mingy, tight, miserly
average
bastardly
hateful

noun

middle course, mean value
middle course, middle way, midpoint, happy medium, golden mean, compromise, balance, median, norm, average
mean value

verb

signify, intend, entail, matter, presage, think, think of, imply
signify, convey, denote, designate, indicate, connote, show, express, spell out, stand for, represent, symbolize, imply, suggest, intimate, hint at, insinuate, drive at, refer to, allude to, point to, betoken
intend, aim, plan, design, have in mind, contemplate, purpose, propose, set out, aspire, desire, want, wish, expect
intend, design, destine, predestine
entail, involve, necessitate, lead to, result in, give rise to, bring about, cause, engender, produce
matter, be important, be significant
presage, portend, foretell, augur, promise, foreshadow, herald, signal, bode, betoken
intend
think, intend
think of, have in mind
intend, stand for, signify
imply, entail

Use "mean" in a sentence

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5. You're mean to me, why must you be mean to me

6. I mean, just because something's difficult doesn't mean that you quit.

7. They're real mean.

8. I mean, awful.

9. You mean specifically?

10. I mean, please.

11. I mean intel.

12. He's so mean.

13. I mean, Prosecutor?

14. I mean, I did mean to scare you, but in a playful way.

15. You're mean to me

16. I mean, come on!

17. I mean, petty theft

18. I mean, the American...

19. What do you mean?

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22. Don't mean to interrupt.

23. Don't be so mean.

24. You mean federal prison?

25. I mean, no offence.

26. I mean... your destiny.

27. It might mean melanoma .

28. What does leaven mean?

29. I mean, healing, flying.

30. I mean pointless thoughts.

31. Rape could mean STD.

32. The Allies mean business.

33. Bella mean Jaggery in Kannada language, Gavi mean Village, hence BellaGavi mean Jaggery Village, gradually it has been called Belagavi and now Belgaum.

34. WHAT DOES “Concupiscence” MEAN?

35. Oh, you mean androgynous?

36. You mean in-in?

37. That was mean, man.

38. you don't mean that.

39. I mean in arms.

40. " Word " could mean anything.

41. You mean the henna?

42. Accountability doesn’t mean punishment

43. – What do you mean?

44. You mean, like, frigid?

45. It will mean chaos.

46. It might mean diabetes .

47. Don't you mean naive?

48. I mean, accidental death.

49. You mean anything newsworthy?

50. Did Jesus Mean Hellfire?