mean

Adjective

• of no value or worth
  • I was caught in the bastardly traffic
    

• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  • a mean person
    
  • he left a miserly tip
    

• marked by poverty befitting a beggar
  • a beggarly existence in the slums
    
  • a mean hut
    

• excellent
  • famous for a mean backhand
    

• 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
    

• characterized by malice
  • a hateful thing to do
    
  • in a mean mood
    

• 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
    

Noun

• an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Verb

• destine or designate for a certain purpose
  • These flowers were meant for you
    

• 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!
    

• have a specified degree of importance
  • My ex-husband means nothing to me
    
  • Happiness means everything
    

• 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
    

• denote or connote
  • `maison' means `house' in French
    
  • An example sentence would show what this word means
    

• have as a logical consequence
  • The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
    

• mean or intend to express or convey
  • You never understand what I mean!
    
  • what do his words intend?
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bastardly , beggarly , mingy , miserly , tight , base , meanspirited , hateful , average , mean(a) , mean value , think of , have in mind , intend , think , signify , stand for , entail , imply