mean

(Английский)

Verb

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

Adj

1. (obsolete) Common; general.
2. (archaic) 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. (UK) 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. (childish, informal, often) Difficult, tricky.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

Noun

1. (in-plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
2. (obsolete, singular) 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. (historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
5. 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.
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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/miːn/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: menen

Унаследовано от староанглийский: mǣnan

Родственно западнофризский: miene

Родственно Old Frisian: mēna

Родственно нидерландский: menen

Родственно средненидерландский: menen

Родственно немецкий: meinen

Родственно Old Saxon: mēnian

Родственно староирландский: mían

Родственно польский: mienić

Родственно финский: mainita

Родственно финский: meinata

Родственно эстонский: mainima

Родственно северносаамский: máinnastit

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: meene

Родственно французский: moyen

Родственно итальянский: mezzano

In summary

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.

Синонимы

base

average

low

stingy

vile

intend

signify

miserly

nasty

contemptible

imply

despicable

middle

bad

👎

ignoble

medium

denote

indicate

median

aim

wicked

stand for

greedy

think

🤔

wretched

miserable

shabby

inferior

represent

evil

poor

say

🗣️

rotten

dirty

cruel

humble

mean value

vulgar

worthless

abject

beggarly

purpose

have in mind

plan

sordid

foul

malicious

way

ungenerous

unkind

Предложения

What do you mean by that ?

Что вы имеете в виду под этим?

What does this mean ?

Что это значит?

You mean spies and things like that ?

Вы имеете в виду шпионов и тому подобное?

Do you mean the speech you're writing ?

Вы имеете в виду речь, которую вы пишете?