mean

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

betekenen

bedoelen

van plan zijn

pinnig

schraperig

middelmaat

zich voorstellen

laaghartig

nietswaardig

ploertig

rottig

schriel

voornemens zijn

willen doen

zedenkwetsend

van plan zĳn

voornemens zĳn

binnenwerk

boosaardige

middenstuk

minderwaardige

mean value

aim for

average value

object to

hint at

petty-minded

be tough

be bad

point at

refer to

require

train on

allude to

dirty place

middle term

very small

contemptible person

middle path

unfeeling person

mean-minded

have implications

have meanings

point average

set one’s sights on

not belonging to an Arya

of a low family

of a base nature

middle-level

without finer feelings

central tendency

average number

close-fisted parsimonious

small petty

shameless scoundrel

equalizing value

embrass

be about

be worth

cheese-paring

every man for himself

middle point

modus

on an average

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/miːn/

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.