VERB | communication | mean, intend | mean or intend to express or convey |
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stative | mean, entail, imply | have as a logical consequence | |
communication | mean, intend, signify, stand for | denote or connote | |
cognition | mean, intend, think | have in mind as a purpose | |
stative | mean | have a specified degree of importance | |
cognition | mean, think of, have in mind | intend to refer to | |
cognition | mean | destine or designate for a certain purpose | |
ADJECTIVE | all | mean, average | approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value |
all | mean, hateful | characterized by malice | |
all | mean, base, meanspirited | having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality | |
all | mean | excellent | |
all | mean, beggarly | marked by poverty befitting a beggar | |
all | mean, mingy, miserly, tight | (used of persons or behavior / behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity / generosity | |
all | mean, beggarly | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt / contempt | |
all | mean, bastardly | of no value or worth | |
NOUN | cognition | mean, mean value | an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
Sounds | miy'n | |
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Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... |
Meaning | Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value. | |
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Example | "the mean annual rainfall" | |
Synonym | average | |
Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
Broader | normal | conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm |
Spanish | media, medio | |
Catalan | mitja | |
Nouns | mean | an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
Meaning | Characterized by malice. | |
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Example | "in a mean mood" | |
Synonym | hateful | |
Broader | nasty, awful | Offensive or even (of persons) malicious |
Spanish | odioso, repugnante | |
Nouns | meanness | the quality of being deliberately mean / mean |
Adverbs | meanly | in a nasty ill-tempered manner |
Meaning | Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. | |
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Synonyms | base, meanspirited | |
Broader | ignoble | Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose |
Spanish | desdeñable, despreciable, infame, innoble, miserable, ruin, vil | |
Catalan | desdenyable, despreciable, innoble, menyspreable, miserable, vil | |
Nouns | meanness | the quality of being deliberately mean / mean |
Adverbs | meanly | in a despicable, ignoble manner |
Meaning | excellent. | |
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Example | "famous for a mean backhand" | |
Broader | skilled | Having or showing or requiring special skill |
Usage of | slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
Spanish | genial |
Meaning | marked by poverty befitting a beggar. | |
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Example | "a mean hut" | |
Synonym | beggarly | |
Broader | poor | Characterized by or indicating poverty |
Spanish | humilde, miserable |
Meaning | (used of persons or behavior / behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity / generosity. | |
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Example | "a mean person" | |
Synonyms | mingy, miserly, tight | |
Broader | stingy, ungenerous | Unwilling to spend |
Spanish | mezquino, miserable, ruin | |
Catalan | garrepa, mesquí, miserable, roí | |
Nouns | meanness | the quality of being deliberately mean / mean |
meanness | extreme / extreme stinginess |
Meaning | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt / contempt. | |
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Synonym | beggarly | |
Broader | stingy, ungenerous | Unwilling to spend |
Spanish | miserable | |
Nouns | meanness | extreme / extreme stinginess |
Adverbs | meanly | in a miserly manner |
meanly | poorly or in an inferior / inferior manner |
Meaning | Of no value or worth. | |
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Synonym | bastardly | |
Broader | contemptible | Deserving of contempt / contempt or scorn |
Spanish | malo |
Meaning | An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n. | |
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Synonym | mean value | |
Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
Narrower | arithmetic mean, first moment, expectation, expected value | The sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values |
geometric mean | The mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product | |
harmonic mean | The mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers | |
Broader | average, norm | A statistic describing the location of a distribution |
Spanish | media | |
Catalan | media, mitjana | |
Adjectives | mean | approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value |
Meaning | mean or intend to express or convey. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "You never understand what I mean!" | |
Synonym | intend | |
Narrower | aim | direct (a remark) toward an intended goal |
drive, get, aim | Move into a desired direction of discourse | |
signify | convey or express a meaning / meaning | |
spell, import | Indicate or signify | |
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent | Express indirectly by an image, form, or model | |
Broader | convey | make known |
Spanish | comportar, decir, querer decir, querer, significar | |
Catalan | comportar, significar, voler dir | |
Nouns | meaning | the idea that is intended |
meaning | the message that is intended or expressed or signified |
Meaning | Have as a logical consequence. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" | |
Synonyms | entail, imply | |
Broader | necessitate | Cause to be a concomitant |
Spanish | acarrear, comportar, implicar, ocasionar, presuponer, suponer | |
Catalan | encloure, implicar |
Meaning | denote or connote. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
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Synonyms | intend, signify, stand for | |
Narrower | denote, refer | Have as a meaning / meaning |
Similar to | signify | convey or express a meaning / meaning |
Spanish | comportar, denotar, significar, tratar de decir | |
Catalan | comportar, significar | |
Nouns | meaning | the idea that is intended |
meaning | the message that is intended or expressed or signified |
Meaning | have in mind as a purpose. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They mean to move | |
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Synonyms | intend, think | |
Narrower | aim, purpose, purport, propose | Propose or intend |
design | Intend or have as a purpose | |
plan, be after | Have the will and intention to carry out some action | |
Spanish | comportar, intentar, pensar, planear, pretender, proponerse, significar | |
Catalan | comportar, pensar, proposar-se, tenir la intenció |
Meaning | Have a specified degree of importance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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Spanish | representar, significar | |
Catalan | representar, significar |
Meaning | Intend to refer to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" | |
Synonyms | think of, have in mind | |
Narrower | mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer | make reference to |
Broader | associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect | make a logical or causal connection |
Spanish | pensar |
Meaning | destine or designate for a certain purpose. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "These flowers were meant for you" | |
Broader | intend, destine, designate, specify | design or destine |
Spanish | destinar | |
Catalan | destinar |
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