mean
Meaning
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- To intend.
- To intend.
- To intend.
- To intend.
- To convey (a meaning).
- To convey (a meaning).
- To convey (a meaning).
- To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
- To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
- To be of some level of importance.
Synonyms
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
middle point
modus
on an average
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/miːn/
Etymology
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.
Cognate with Western Frisian
miene
Cognate with Dutch
menen
Cognate with German
meinen
Cognate with French
moyen
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