DICTOMETER

MEAN

(mean, medio, querer decir, roñoso, significar, vil, bety, gjerrig, implisere, innebære, lav, mene, middel-, simpel)

1. Synonyms:
   • Mean
   • Mean value
   Definitions:
   • an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Mean
   • Intend
   Definitions:
   • mean or intend to express or convey
   Examples:
   • You never understand what I mean!
   • What do his words intend?
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Entail
   • Imply
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • have as a logical consequence
   Examples:
   • The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Mean
   • Intend
   • Signify
   • Stand for
   Definitions:
   • denote or connote
   Examples:
   • `maison' means `house' in French
   • An example sentence would show what this word means
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Intend
   • Mean
   • Think
   Definitions:
   • have in mind as a purpose
   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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • have a specified degree of importance
   Examples:
   • My ex-husband means nothing to me
   • Happiness means everything
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Think of
   • Have in mind
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • intend to refer to
   Examples:
   • I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France
   • Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • destine or designate for a certain purpose
   Examples:
   • These flowers were meant for you
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Average
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
   Examples:
   • The average income in New England is below that of the nation
   • Of average height for his age
   • The mean annual rainfall
   Antonyms:
   • Abnormal
   • Unnatural
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Hateful
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • characterized by malice
   Examples:
   • A hateful thing to do
   • In a mean mood
   Antonyms:
   • Nice
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Base
   • Mean
   • Meanspirited
   Definitions:
   • having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
   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
   Antonyms:
   • Noble
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • excellent
   Examples:
   • Famous for a mean backhand
   Antonyms:
   • Unskilled
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Beggarly
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • marked by poverty befitting a beggar
   Examples:
   • A beggarly existence in the slums
   • A mean hut
   Antonyms:
   • Rich
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Mean
   • Mingy
   • Miserly
   • Tight
   Definitions:
   • (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
   Examples:
   • A mean person
   • He left a miserly tip
   Antonyms:
   • Generous
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Beggarly
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
   Antonyms:
   • Generous
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Bastardly
   • Mean
   Definitions:
   • of no value or worth
   Examples:
   • I was caught in the bastardly traffic
   Antonyms:
   • Estimable