Definition of 'mean'
Noun
- an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Synonyms: mean value
Verb
- mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
Synonyms: intend - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
Synonyms: entail imply - denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
Synonyms: intend signify stand for - have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
Synonyms: intend think - have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
- 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!"
Synonyms: think of have in mind - destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"
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"; "the mean annual rainfall"
Synonyms: average - characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
Synonyms: hateful - having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
Synonyms: base meanspirited - excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
- marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"
Synonyms: beggarly - (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
Synonyms: mingy miserly tight - (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
Synonyms: beggarly - of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"
Synonyms: bastardly
