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Mean 1Definition: To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
Mean 2Definition: To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote. Mean 3Definition: To have a purpose or intention. Mean 4Definition: Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble. Mean 5Definition: Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive. Mean 6Definition: Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable. Mean 7Definition: Of poor quality; as, mean fare. Mean 8Definition: Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality. Mean 9Definition: Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes. Mean 10Definition: Intermediate in excellence of any kind. Mean 11Definition: Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day. Mean 12Definition: That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure. Mean 13Definition: A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities. Mean 14Definition: That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument. Mean 15Definition: Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance. Mean 16Definition: A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part. Mean 17Definition: Meantime; meanwhile. Mean 18Definition: A mediator; a go-between. mean 19Definition: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n mean 20Definition: 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" mean 21Definition: destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you" mean 22Definition: 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!" mean 23Definition: denote or connote; "`maison'' means `house'' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" mean 24Definition: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" mean 25Definition: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" mean 26Definition: have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything" mean 27Definition: used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt mean 28Definition: used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" mean 29Definition: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood" mean 30Definition: 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 vulga mean 31Definition: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" mean 32Definition: excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
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