mean

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

betekenen

bedoelen

gemeen

gemiddelde

gemiddeld

menen

beduiden

willen zeggen

van plan zijn

midden

gierig

middelbaar

doorsnee

middelmaat

hebzuchtig

inhalig

pinnig

schraperig

vrekkig

vuig

voorhebben

willen

boosaardig

minderwaardig

laag

laaghartig

midden-

zich voorstellen

bestemmen

willen doen

boosaardige

gemene

minderwaardige

binnenwerk

ingewand

medium

middenstuk

milieu

omgeving

abominabel

afgrijselijk

afschuwelijk

ijselijk

immoreel

infaam

nietswaardig

onguur

onzedelijk

ploertig

rottig

schunnig

verachtelijk

verfoeilijk

zedeloos

zedenkwetsend

staan voor

voornemens zijn

gering

kleingeestig

min

van plan zijn

voornemens zijn

middel

lelijk

laf

beogen

mikken

doorsnede

krenterig

middelmatig

middelste

schriel

baatzuchtig

egoïstisch

zelfzuchtig

behoeven

moeten

nodig hebben

vereisen

verlangen

plannen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/miːn/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.

Zinnen

What does this mean ?

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You mean spies and things like that ?

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