| 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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