Main entry: mean, mean value
Definition: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Main entry: intend, think, mean
Definition: have in mind as a purpose
Usage: I mean no harm; I only meant to help you; She didn't think to harm me; We thought to return early that night
Main entry: mean
Definition: destine or designate for a certain purpose
Usage: These flowers were meant for you
Main entry: have in mind, think of, mean
Definition: intend to refer to
Usage: I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France; Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
Main entry: mean, intend, signify, stand for
Definition: denote or connote
Usage: `maison' means `house' in French; An example sentence would show what this word means
Definition: mean or intend to express or convey
Usage: You never understand what I mean!; what do his words intend?
Main entry: mean, imply, entail
Definition: have as a logical consequence
Usage: The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
Main entry: mean
Definition: have a specified degree of importance
Usage: My ex-husband means nothing to me; Happiness means everything
Definition: of no value or worth
Usage: I was caught in the bastardly traffic
Definition: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
Main entry: mingy, miserly, mean, tight
Definition: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
Usage: a mean person; he left a miserly tip
Definition: characterized by malice
Usage: a hateful thing to do; in a mean mood
Main entry: base, mean, meanspirited
Definition: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
Usage: 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
Definition: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
Usage: the average income in New England is below that of the nation; of average height for his age; the mean annual rainfall
Definition: marked by poverty befitting a beggar
Usage: a beggarly existence in the slums; a mean hut
Main entry: mean
Definition: excellent
Usage: famous for a mean backhand