mean

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. To intend.
2. To intend.
3. To intend.
4. To intend.
5. To convey (a meaning).
6. To convey (a meaning).
7. To convey (a meaning).
8. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
9. To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
10. To be of some level of importance.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Common; general.
2. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
3. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
4. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
5. Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
6. Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
7. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
8. Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
9. Powerful; fierce; strong.
10. (colloquial) Hearty; spicy.
11. (colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
12. (informal) Difficult, tricky.

Adj

1. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
2. (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

Noun

1. A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
2. (obsolete) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
3. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
4. The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
5. The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
6. Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
7. Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.

Conceptos

significar

querer decir

media

avaro

tacaño

miserable

mezquino

malo

medio

promedio

malvado

pensar

cruel

decir

manifestar

vil

ruin

feo

representar

denotar

decir en serio

mala

malvada

desconsiderado

horrible

infame

apuntar a

aspirar a

humilde

inferior

pretender

suponer

querer

presuponer

intentar

planear

desconsiderada

abominable

horroroso

media aritmética

sórdido

roños

apocado

prieto

pretender decir

piojoso

descreido

chucho

maldito

nudo

bajo

centro

entender

intermedio

malicioso

mediano

ordinario

pobre

término medio

estar

existir

haber

ser

tener

duro

inmaduro

verde

economista

cicatero

egoísta

estrecho

que no convida

aceptar

contar

expresar

mencionar

opinar

relatar

desagradable

mal

maligno

malo demonio

muy malo

obsceno

perverso

sin valor

travieso

abyecto

indicar

rezar

de miras estrechas

minucioso

pedante

raído

raída

rota

roto

proponerse

destinar

tratar de decir

genial

comportar

implicar

lamentarse

reclamar

apiadarse

compadecerse

formidable

recurso

proponer

producir

resultar

avaricioso

tender

indecente

inmoral

ratero

insinuar

egoista

necesitar

quiero

abarcar

cubrir

tener el propósito

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/miːn/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English menen (“to intend; remember; lament; comfort”), from Old English mǣnan (“to mean, complain”), Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; complain”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyn- (“to think”), or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meyno-, extended form of Proto-Indo-European *mey-.
Germanic cognates include West Frisian miene (“to deem, think”) (Old Frisian mēna (“to signify”)), Dutch menen (“to believe, think, mean”) (Middle Dutch menen (“to think, intend”)), German meinen (“to think, mean, believe”), Old Saxon mēnian. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish mían (“wish, desire”) and Polish mienić (“to signify, believe”). Non-Indo-European cognates include Finnish mainita (“to mention”), Finnish meinata (“to mean, to plan, to intend”) Estonian mainima (“to mention”), Northern Sami máinnastit (“to tell”). Related to moan.

Oraciones

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