mean
mean is a 4-letter English word with 34 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ? Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
- transitive verb. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
- intransitive verb. To have a purpose or intention.
- superlative. Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.
- superlative. Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
- superlative. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- superlative. Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
- superlative. Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
- adjective. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
- adjective. Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
- adjective. Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
- noun. That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
- noun. A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.
- noun. That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
- noun. Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
- noun. A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
- noun. Meantime; meanwhile.
- noun. A mediator; a go-between.
- noun. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
- verb. have in mind as a purpose
"I mean no harm"
"I only meant to help you"
- verb. destine or designate for a certain purpose
"These flowers were meant for you"
- verb. intend to refer to
"I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"
"Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
- verb. denote or connote
"`maison' means `house' in French"
"An example sentence would show what this word means"
- verb. mean or intend to express or convey
"You never understand what I mean!"
"what do his words intend?"
- verb. have as a logical consequence
"The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
- verb. have a specified degree of importance
"My ex-husband means nothing to me"
"Happiness means everything"
- adjective. of no value or worth
"I was caught in the bastardly traffic"
- adjective. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- adjective. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
"a mean person"
"he left a miserly tip"
- adjective. characterized by malice
"a hateful thing to do"
"in a mean mood"
- adjective. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality- Edmund Burke- Shakespeare
"that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"
"taking a mean advantage"
- adjective. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
"the average income in New England is below that of the nation"
"of average height for his age"
- adjective. marked by poverty befitting a beggar
"a beggarly existence in the slums"
"a mean hut"
- adjective. excellent
"famous for a mean backhand"
Synonyms
intend, think, signify, entail, imply, bastardly, beggarly, mingy, miserly, tight, hateful, base, meanspirited, average
Anagrams
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Common word forms
means, meaned, meaner, meanly, meanest, meaning, meanless, meanness
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