mean

Meanings

• an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
• mean or intend to express or convey
  • "You never understand what I mean!"
• have as a logical consequence
  • "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
• denote or connote
  • "`maison' means `house' in French"
  • "An example sentence would show what this word means"
• have in mind as a purpose
  • "I mean no harm"
  • "I only meant to help you"
• have a specified degree of importance
  • "My ex-husband means nothing to me"
  • "Happiness means everything"
• intend to refer to
  • "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
• destine or designate for a certain purpose
  • "These flowers were meant for you"
• approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
  • "the mean annual rainfall"
• characterized by malice
  • "in a mean mood"
• having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; - Edmund Burke; ; - Shakespeare
  • "taking a mean advantage"
  • "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"
  • "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
• excellent
  • "famous for a mean backhand"
• marked by poverty befitting a beggar
  • "a mean hut"
• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  • "a mean person"
• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
• of no value or worth

Synonyms

average, base, bastardly, beggarly, entail, hateful, have in mind, imply, intend, mean value, meanspirited, mingy, miserly, signify, stand for, think, think of, tight