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  Mean \Mean\ (m[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meant (m[e^]nt); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Meaning.] [OE. menen, AS. m[=ae]nan to recite,
     tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. m[=e]nian to have in mind,
     mean, D. meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw.
     mena, Dan. mene, and to E. mind. [root]104. See Mind, and
     cf. Moan.]
     1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to
        intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?
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              What mean ye by this service ?        --Ex. xii. 26.
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              Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
              good.                                 --Gen. 1. 20.
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              I am not a Spaniard
              To say that it is yours and not to mean it.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
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              What mean these seven ewe lambs ?     --Gen. xxi.
                                                    29.
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              Go ye, and learn what that meaneth.   --Matt. ix.
                                                    13.
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  Mean \Mean\, v. i.
     To have a purpose or intention. [Rare, except in the phrase
     to mean well, or ill.] --Shak.
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  Mean \Mean\ (m[=e]n), a. [Compar. Meaner (m[=e]n"[~e]r);
     superl. Meanest.] [OE. mene, AS. m[=ae]ne wicked; akin to
     m[=a]n, a., wicked, n., wickedness, OS. m[=e]n wickedness,
     OHG. mein, G. meineid perjury, Icel. mein harm, hurt, and
     perh. to AS. gem[=ae]ne common, general, D. gemeen, G.
     gemein, Goth. gam['a]ins, and L. communis. The AS. gem[=ae]ne
     prob. influenced the meaning.]
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     1. Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar;
        humble. ``Of mean parentage.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
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              The mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth
              himself.                              --Is. ii. 9.
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     2. Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of
        honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
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              Can you imagine I so mean could prove,
              To save my life by changing of my love ? --Dryden.
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     3. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard;
        contemptible; despicable.
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              The Roman legions and great C[ae]sar found
              Our fathers no mean foes.             --J. Philips.
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     4. Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
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     5. Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean
        hospitality.
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     Note: Mean is sometimes used in the formation of compounds,
           the sense of which is obvious without explanation; as,
           meanborn, mean-looking, etc.
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     Syn: Base; ignoble; abject; beggarly; wretched; degraded;
          degenerate; vulgar; vile; servile; menial; spiritless;
          groveling; slavish; dishonorable; disgraceful; shameful;
          despicable; contemptible; paltry; sordid. See Base.
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  Mean \Mean\, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus
     that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See
     Mid.]
     1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway
        between extremes.
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              Being of middle age and a mean stature. --Sir. P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     2. Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
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              According to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or
              lowly.                                --Milton.
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     3. (Math.) 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.
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     Mean distance (of a planet from the sun) (Astron.), the
        average of the distances throughout one revolution of the
        planet, equivalent to the semi-major axis of the orbit.
  
     Mean error (Math. Phys.), the average error of a number of
        observations found by taking the mean value of the
        positive and negative errors without regard to sign.
  
     Mean-square error, or Error of the mean square (Math.
        Phys.), the error the square of which is the mean of the
        squares of all the errors; -- called also, mean square
        deviation, mean error.
  
     Mean line. (Crystallog.) Same as Bisectrix.
  
     Mean noon, noon as determined by mean time.
  
     Mean proportional (between two numbers) (Math.), the square
        root of their product.
  
     Mean sun, a fictitious sun supposed to move uniformly in
        the equator so as to be on the meridian each day at mean
        noon.
  
     Mean time, time as measured by an equable motion, as of a
        perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all
        the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in
        contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually
        indicated by the sun, and from sidereal time, or that
        measured by the stars.
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  Mean \Mean\, n.
     1. 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.
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              But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is
              temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
                                                    --Bacon.
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              There is a mean in all things.        --Dryden.
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              The extremes we have mentioned, between which the
              wellinstracted Christian holds the mean, are
              correlatives.                         --I. Taylor.
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     2. (Math.) 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
        nth root of the product of the n quantities being
        averaged.
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     3. 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.
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              Their virtuous conversation was a mean to work the
              conversion of the heathen to Christ.  --Hooker.
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              You may be able, by this mean, to review your own
              scientific acquirements.              --Coleridge.
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              Philosophical doubt is not an end, but a mean. --Sir
                                                    W. Hamilton.
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     Note: In this sense the word is usually employed in the
           plural form means, and often with a singular attribute
           or predicate, as if a singular noun.
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                 By this means he had them more at vantage.
                                                    --Bacon.
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                 What other means is left unto us.  --Shak.
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     4. pl. 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.
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              Your means are very slender, and your waste is
              great.                                --Shak.
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     5. (Mus.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between
        the soprano and base; a middle part. [Obs.]
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              The mean is drowned with your unruly base. --Shak.
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     6. Meantime; meanwhile. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     7. A mediator; a go-between. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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              He wooeth her by means and by brokage. --Chaucer.
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     By all means, certainly; without fail; as, go, by all
        means.
  
     By any means, in any way; possibly; at all.
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              If by any means I might attain to the resurrection
              of the dead.                          --Phil. iii.
                                                    ll.
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     By no means, or By no manner of means, not at all;
        certainly not; not in any degree.
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              The wine on this side of the lake is by no means so
              good as that on the other.            --Addison.
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  Mean \Mean\, a. [Compar. Meaner; superl. Meanest.] [OE.
     mene, AS. m?ne wicked; akin to m[=a]n, a., wicked, n.,
     wickedness, OS. m?n wickedness, OHG. mein, G. meineid
     perjury, Icel. mein harm, hurt, and perh. to AS. gem?ne
     common, general, D. gemeen, G. gemein, Goth. gam['a]ins, and
     L. communis. The AS. gem?ne prob. influenced the meaning.]
     1. Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar;
        humble. ``Of mean parentage.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
  
              The mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth
              himself.                              --Is. ii. 9.
  
     2. Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of
        honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
  
              Can you imagine I so mean could prove, To save my
              life by changing of my love ?         --Dryden.
  
     3. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard;
        contemptible; despicable.
  
              The Roman legions and great C[ae]sar found Our
              fathers no mean foes.                 --J. Philips.
  
     4. Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
  
     5. Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean
        hospitality.
  
     Note: Mean is sometimes used in the formation of compounds,
           the sense of which is obvious without explanation; as,
           meanborn, mean-looking, etc.
  
     Syn: Base; ignoble; abject; beggarly; wretched; degraded;
          degenerate; vulgar; vile; servile; menial; spiritless;
          groveling; slavish; dishonorable; disgraceful; shameful;
          despicable; contemptible; paltry; sordid. See Base.

  Mean \Mean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meant; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Meaning.] [OE. menen, AS. m[=ae]nan to recite, tell,
     intend, wish; akin to OS. m[=e]nian to have in mind, mean, D.
     meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw. mena, Dan.
     mene, and to E. mind. ?. See Mind, and cf. Moan.]
     1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to
        intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do
        ?
  
              What mean ye by this service ?        --Ex. xii. 26.
  
              Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
              good.                                 --Gen. 1. 20.
  
              I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not
              to mean it.                           --Longfellow.
  
     2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
  
              What mean these seven ewe lambs ?     --Gen. xxi.
                                                    29.
  
              Go ye, and learn what that me?neth.   --Matt. ix.
                                                    13.

  Mean \Mean\, v. i.
     To have a purpose or intention. [Rare, except in the phrase
     to mean well, or ill.] --Shak.

  Mean \Mean\, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus
     that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See
     Mid.]
     1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway
        between extremes.
  
              Being of middle age and a mean stature. --Sir. P.
                                                    Sidney.
  
     2. Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
  
              According to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or
              lowly.                                --Milton.
  
     3. (Math.) 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.
  
     Mean distance (of a planet from the sun) (Astron.), the
        average of the distances throughout one revolution of the
        planet, equivalent to the semi-major axis of the orbit.
  
     Mean error (Math. Phys.), the average error of a number of
        observations found by taking the mean value of the
        positive and negative errors without regard to sign.
  
     Mean-square error, or Error of the mean square (Math.
        Phys.), the error the square of which is the mean of the
        squares of all the errors; -- called also, especially by
        European writers, mean error.
  
     Mean line. (Crystallog.) Same as Bisectrix.
  
     Mean noon, noon as determined by mean time.
  
     Mean proportional (between two numbers) (Math.), the square
        root of their product.
  
     Mean sun, a fictitious sun supposed to move uniformly in
        the equator so as to be on the meridian each day at mean
        noon.
  
     Mean time, time as measured by an equable motion, as of a
        perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all
        the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in
        contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually
        indicated by the sun, and from sidereal time, or that
        measured by the stars.

  Mean \Mean\, n.
     1. 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.
  
              But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is
              temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
              There is a mean in all things.        --Dryden.
  
              The extremes we have mentioned, between which the
              wellinstracted Christian holds the mean, are
              correlatives.                         --I. Taylor.
  
     2. (Math.) 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.
  
     3. 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.
  
              Their virtuous conversation was a mean to work the
              conversion of the heathen to Christ.  --Hooker.
  
              You may be able, by this mean, to review your own
              scientific acquirements.              --Coleridge.
  
              Philosophical doubt is not an end, but a mean. --Sir
                                                    W. Hamilton.
  
     Note: In this sense the word is usually employed in the
           plural form means, and often with a singular attribute
           or predicate, as if a singular noun.
  
                 By this means he had them more at vantage.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
                 What other means is left unto us.  --Shak.
  
     4. pl. 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.
  
              Your means are very slender, and your waste is
              great.                                --Shak.
  
     5. (Mus.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between
        the soprano and base; a middle part. [Obs.]
  
              The mean is drowned with your unruly base. --Shak.
  
     6. Meantime; meanwhile. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
     7. A mediator; a go-between. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
  
              He wooeth her by means and by brokage. --Chaucer.
  
     By all means, certainly; without fail; as, go, by all
        means.
  
     By any means, in any way; possibly; at all.
  
              If by any means I might attain to the resurrection
              of the dead.                          --Phil. iii.
                                                    ll.
        
  
     By no means, or By no manner of means, not at all;
        certainly not; not in any degree.
  
              The wine on this side of the lake is by no means so
              good as that on the other.            --Addison.

  mean
       adj 1: 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" [syn: average, mean(a)]
       2: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean
          mood" [syn: hateful]
       3: 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" [syn: base, meanspirited]
       4: excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
       5: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence
          in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly]
       6: used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative
          of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly
          tip" [syn: mingy, miserly, tight]
       7: used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve
          contempt [syn: beggarly]
       n : an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of
           the numbers and dividing by some function of n [syn: mean
           value]
       v 1: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand
            what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: intend]
       2: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means
          that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail,
          imply]
       3: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An
          example sentence would show what this word means" [syn: intend,
           signify, stand for]
       4: 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" [syn: intend, think]
       5: have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means
          nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
       6: 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!" [syn: think of, have in mind]
       7: destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers
          were meant for you"
       [also: meant]

  mean
     Αγγλικά a.
     ο κακός, ο σατανικός
     Αγγλικά n.
     το μέσο
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εννοώ

  mean
     Scottish Gaelic a.
     little, tiny
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: mear)
     vb.
     1 To intend.
     2 # (lb en transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's
  intention. (from 8th c.)
     3 # (lb en intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind. (from
  14th c.)
     4 # (lb en transitive usually in passive) To intend (something) for a
  given purpose or fate; to predestine. (from 16th c.)
     5 # (lb en transitive) To intend an ensuing comment or statement as
  an explanation.[https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean]
     6 To convey (a meaning).
     7 # (lb en transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or
  indicate (an object or idea). (from 8th c.)
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) common; general.
     2 (lb en now rare) 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 (lb en chiefly 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 (lb en colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to
  compete with.
     11 (lb en informal often childish) difficult, tricky.
     a.
     1 Having the #Noun (''see noun below'') as its value; average.
     2 (lb en obsolete) middling; intermediate; moderately good,
  tolerable.
     alt.
     1 Having the #Noun (''see noun below'') as its value; average.
     2 (lb en obsolete) middling; intermediate; moderately good,
  tolerable.
     n.
     (lb en now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used
  to achieve some result. (from 14th c.)

  MEAN
     n.
     (lb en web development) {acronym of|en|(w: MongoDB), (w:
  Express.js), (w: AngularJS), (w: Node.js)|nodot=1}: a software stack
  for developing web sites with both client-side and server-side use of
  JavaScript.

  mean
     vb.
     1 To intend.
     2 # (lb en transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's
  intention. (from 8th c.)
     3 # (lb en intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind. (from
  14th c.)
     4 # (lb en transitive usually in passive) To intend (something) for a
  given purpose or fate; to predestine. (from 16th c.)
     5 # (lb en transitive) To intend an ensuing comment or statement as
  an explanation.[https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean]
     6 To convey (a meaning).
     7 # (lb en transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or
  indicate (an object or idea). (from 8th c.)
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) common; general.
     2 (lb en now rare) 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 (lb en chiefly 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 (lb en colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to
  compete with.
     11 (lb en informal often childish) difficult, tricky.
     a.
     1 Having the #Noun (''see noun below'') as its value; average.
     2 (lb en obsolete) middling; intermediate; moderately good,
  tolerable.
     alt.
     1 Having the #Noun (''see noun below'') as its value; average.
     2 (lb en obsolete) middling; intermediate; moderately good,
  tolerable.
     n.
     (lb en now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used
  to achieve some result. (from 14th c.)

  MEAN
     n.
     (lb en web development) {acronym of|en|(w: MongoDB), (w:
  Express.js), (w: AngularJS), (w: Node.js)|nodot=1}: a software stack
  for developing web sites with both client-side and server-side use of
  JavaScript.

  mean
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: mear)
     vb.
     1 To intend.
     2 # (lb en transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's
  intention. (from 8th c.)
     3 # (lb en intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind. (from
  14th c.)
     4 # (lb en transitive usually in passive) To intend (something) for a
  given purpose or fate; to predestine. (from 16th c.)
     5 # (lb en transitive) To intend an ensuing comment or statement as
  an explanation.[https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean]
     6 To convey (a meaning).
     7 # (lb en transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or
  indicate (an object or idea). (from 8th c.)
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) common; general.
     2 (lb en now rare) 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 (lb en chiefly 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 (lb en colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to
  compete with.
     11 (lb en informal often childish) difficult, tricky.
     a.
     1 Having the #Noun (''see noun below'') as its value; average.
     2 (lb en obsolete) middling; intermediate; moderately good,
  tolerable.
     alt.
     1 Having the #Noun (''see noun below'') as its value; average.
     2 (lb en obsolete) middling; intermediate; moderately good,
  tolerable.
     n.
     (lb en now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used
  to achieve some result. (from 14th c.)

  MEAN
     n.
     (lb en web development) {acronym of|en|(w: MongoDB), (w:
  Express.js), (w: AngularJS), (w: Node.js)|nodot=1}: a software stack
  for developing web sites with both client-side and server-side use of
  JavaScript.

  mean
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: mear)
     vb.
     1 To intend.
     2 # (lb en transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's
  intention. (from 8th c.)
     3 # (lb en intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind. (from
  14th c.)
     4 # (lb en transitive usually in passive) To intend (something) for a
  given purpose or fate; to predestine. (from 16th c.)
     5 # (lb en transitive) To intend an ensuing comment or statement as
  an explanation.[https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean]
     6 To convey (a meaning).
     7 # (lb en transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or
  indicate (an object or idea). (from 8th c.)
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) common; general.
     2 (lb en now rare) 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 (lb en chiefly 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 (lb en colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to
  compete with.
     11 (lb en informal often childish) difficult, tricky.
     a.
     1 Having the #Noun (''see noun below'') as its value; average.
     2 (lb en obsolete) middling; intermediate; moderately good,
  tolerable.
     alt.
     1 Having the #Noun (''see noun below'') as its value; average.
     2 (lb en obsolete) middling; intermediate; moderately good,
  tolerable.
     n.
     (lb en now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used
  to achieve some result. (from 14th c.)

  MEAN
     n.
     (lb en web development) {acronym of|en|(w: MongoDB), (w:
  Express.js), (w: AngularJS), (w: Node.js)|nodot=1}: a software stack
  for developing web sites with both client-side and server-side use of
  JavaScript.

  mean
     Espanja vb.
     (es-v-taivm 1 me an)

  mean
     Engelska a.
     1 (tagg: text=kompareras inte) medel-, genomsnitts-
     2 medelmåttig, trög, låg
     3 elak, dum, taskig
     4 snål
     Engelska n.
     medelvärde
     Engelska vb.
     1 mena, betyda, innebära
     2 ämna, tänka

  mean /mˈiːn/
  1. gemiddeld, medium
  2. beteken
  3. bedoel

  Mean /mˈiːn/
  المتوسط

  mean //miːn// 
  1. зъл
  intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise
  2. посредствен
  low in quality; inferior
  3. низък, подъл
  low-minded; acting without consideration of others
  4. сре́ден
  having the mean as its value
  5. среден
  middling; moderately good

  mean //miːn// 
  1. средна стойност 2.
  arithmetic mean
   3.
  intermediate value
  2. междинна стъпка
  intermediate step
  3. начин, средство
  method by which something is done

  mean //miːn// 
  1. зна́ча, означа́вам
  to convey, indicate
  2. имам намерение
  to have intentions of some kind
  3. възнамерявам
  to intend; plan on doing
  4. означавам
  to signify

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  nekalý

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  ošklivý

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  podřadný

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  průměrný

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  střed

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  průměr

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  nepřející

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  protivný

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  sprostý

  mean /mˈiːn/
  střední hodnota

  mean /mˈiːn/
  prostřední

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  lakomý

  mean /mˈiːn/
   [eko] střed, průměr

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  mizerný

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  nečestný

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  vyjadřovat

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  zlý

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  podlý

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  zamýšlet

  mean /mˈiːn/
  střední

  mean /mˈiːn/
  zákeřný

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  podprůměrný

  mean /mˈiːn/
  mysl

  mean /mˈiːn/
  znamenat

  mean /mˈiːn/
  myslit

  mean /mˈiːn/
  myslet

  mean /mˈiːn/
  mínit

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  myslit
           Note: (mít na mysli)

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  mínit

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  myslet

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  znamenat

  mean /mˈiːn/
  Effektivwert 
     Synonym: effective value
  
   see: effective values
  

  mean /mˈiːn/
  Mittelwert , Mittel , Durchschnittswert , Durchschnitt  [math.]  [statist.]  [phys.]
           Note: aus A und B
        "geometric average, geometric mean"  - geometrischer Mittelwert, geometrisches Mittel
        "root-mean-square value"  - quadratischer Mittelwert, quadratisches Mittel, Effektivwert (einer periodischen Größe)
        "distance root mean square"  - quadratischer Mittelwert der Entfernung
        "short-time mean"  - Kurzzeitmittelwert
        "mean value of a number of …"  - Mittelwert einer Anzahl von …
        "mean value of a function"  - Mittelwert einer Funktion
     Synonyms: average value, average, mean value
  
   see: average values, averages, mean values, means, assumed average, working mean, arithmetic average, arithmetic mean, corrected mean, modified mean, harmonic average, harmonic mean, quadratic average, quadratic mean, RMS value, effective value, virtual value, distance RMS, time average, ensemble average, ensemble mean, grand average, population mean, true mean
  
           Note: of A and B

  mean /mˈiːn/ (meant /mˈɛnt/ <>, meant /mˈɛnt/ <>) 
  bedeuten, heißen 
           Note: Sache
        "it has/had meant"  - es hat/hatte bedeutet, es hat/hatte geheißen
        "in English it means …"  - auf Englisch heißt das
        "What does that mean?"  - Was heißt das?, Was bedeutet das?
        "What does this word mean?"  - Was bedeutet dieses Wort?
        "What's the meaning of this word?"  - Was bedeutet dieses Wort?
        "What does that mean (for domestic policy)?"  - Was bedeutet das jetzt (für die Innenpolitik)?
        "What's the meaning of this?"  - Was soll das heißen?
        "mean everything to sb."  - jdm. alles bedeuten
        "mean little to sb."  - jdm. wenig bedeuten
        "It means a lot to me."  - Es bedeutet mir viel.
        "As used in this Contract, the term 'investor' shall mean a natural person. (contractual phrase)"  - Im Sinne dieses Vertrags bedeutet „Anleger“ eine natürliche Person. (Vertragsformel)
   see: meaning, meant, it means, it meant, What is that?, What's that?, What's this in English/German?, Is the saying not / Isn't the saying (that) familiarity breeds contempt?
  
           Note: of a thing

  mean /mˈiːn/
   [Br.] geizig, knausrig, knauserig, kniepig [Norddt.] , netig [Norddt.] , knorzig  [Schw.]
           Note: Person
     Synonyms: miserly, niggardly, penny-pinching, tight-fisted, close-fisted, hard-fisted, stingy, mingy, chintzy, penurious
  

  mean /mˈiːn/
  gemein, böse, niederträchtig, biestig  [ugs.]
   see: meaner, meanest
  

  mean /mˈiːn/ (meant /mˈɛnt/ <>, meant /mˈɛnt/ <>) 
  meinen, sagen wollen 
        "he/she means"  - er/sie meint
        "I/he/she meant"  - ich/er/sie meinte
        "he/she has/had meant"  - er/sie hat/hatte gemeint
        "What do you mean (by that)?"  - Was meinen Sie (damit)?
        "I see what you mean."  - Ich weiß, was du sagen willst.
        "I can see what you mean."  - Ich weiß, was du sagen willst.
        "to (really) mean business"  - es (wirklich) ernst meinen, keinen Spaß verstehen
        "This is probably the intended meaning."  - Das ist wahrscheinlich damit gemeint.
        "The intended meaning is entirely different."  - Gemeint ist etwas ganz anderes.
        "I do not mean this personally, but that is a stupid point."  - Es ist nicht persönlich gemeint, aber dieses Argument ist dumm.
   see: meaning, meant, What are you implying (by that)?
  

  mean /mˈiːn/
  mittlere, mittlerer, mittleres  [math.]  [statist.]

  mean /mˈiːn/
  schäbig 

  mean /mˈiːn/
  schofel, schofelig  [ugs.]
        "be rotten/mean to sb."  - zu jdm. schofel sein
     Synonyms: rotten, miserable
  

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  durchschnittlich 

  mean /mˈiːn/
  
  σημαίνω, τσιγκούνης, εννοώ, παραδόπιστος

  mean //miːn// 
  1. näppärä, taitava
  accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with
  2. ilkeä
  intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise
  3. huono, kehno
  low in quality; inferior
  4. häijy, ilkeä
  low-minded; acting without consideration of others
  5. itara, kitsas, nuuka, pihi
  miserly, stingy
  6. kova, vahva, voimakas
  powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging
  7. keski-
  having the mean as its value
  8. keskinkertainen
  middling; moderately good

  mean //miːn// 
  1. altto
  alto, in music
  2. keskiarvo
  arithmetic mean
  3. väliaskel
  intermediate step
  4. keskiarvo, keskiluku
  intermediate value
  5. keskimmäinen jäsen
  mathematics: either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion
  6. keino, tapa, väline
  method by which something is done
  7. keskiluku
  the statistical value

  mean //miːn// 
  1. merkitä
  to be important
  2. tarkoittaa, merkitä, tietää
  to convey, indicate
  3. tarkoittaa, meinata, vihjata
  to have conviction in what one says
  4. tarkoittaa 2.
  to have intentions of some kind
   3.
  to intend (something) for a given purpose or fate
   4.
  to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude
  5. aikoa
  to intend; plan on doing
  6. tarkoittaa, johtaa
  to result in; bring about
  7. merkitä, tarkoittaa
  to signify
  8. päivitellä
  to complain, lament

  mean /miːn/
  1. intermédiaire
  2. moyenne
  3. centre, milieu
  4. signifier

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  1. औसत
        "To win, they needed a good mean run rate."
  2. साधन
        "You should find a means to reach there."

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  1. मतलब~होना
        "I didn't mean to insult him."
        "I wish I had understood what she meant."

  mean /mˈiːn/ 
  1. कमीना
        "He is a very mean person."

  mean /mˈiːn/
  beznačajan, loš, misliti, namjeravati, način, nepošten, nizak, osrednjost, označiti, označivati, podmukao, prosječan, prost, smatrati, sredina, srednji, sredstvo, umjerenost, zla, značenju, značiti, škrt

  mean /mˈiːn/
  1. átlagos
  2. aljas
  3. fukar
  4. szegény sorsú
  5. smucig
  6. közép-
  7. vacak
  8. átlag
  9. zsugori
  10. középút
  11. alávaló
  12. hitvány
  13. silány
  14. középértékû
  15. egyszerû
  16. középérték
  17. szegényes
  18. közepes

  mean //miːn// 
  buruk hati, kikir, marah, rata-rata

  mean //miːn// 
  1. rata-rata, rerata
  arithmetic mean
  2. rata-rata
  intermediate value

  mean //miːn// 
  arti, maksud

  mean /mˈiːn/
  1. intendere
  2. medio
  3. mezzo
  4. significare
  5. mirare a

  mean //miːn// 
  1. 腹黒い
  intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise
  2. 劣る, 悪い
  low in quality; inferior
  3. 卑劣, 下劣, 卑しい, 汚い, 醜い
  low-minded; acting without consideration of others
  4. 厄介
  powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging
  5. 平均, 平均的
  having the mean as its value

  mean //miːn// 
  平均, 平均値
  intermediate value

  mean //miːn// 
  1. 意味 2.
  to convey, indicate
   3.
  to have conviction in what one says
   4.
  to result in; bring about
   5.
  to signify
  2. するつもり, 意図 2.
  to have intentions of some kind
   3.
  to intend; plan on doing

  mean /miːn/
  medius

  mean /miːn/
  1. prastas, žemas
  2. (amer.) niekšiškas, šlykštus
  3. vidutinis
  4. vidurys, (mat.) vidurkis
  5. turėti galvoje
  6. reikšti
  7. ketinti, būti numanomam
  8. skirti

  mean /miːn/
  1. gemiddeld
  2. van plan zijn, voorhebben, voornemens zijn, zich voorstellen
  3. doorsnee, middelbaar, midden‐
  4. middelmaat, midden
  5. beduiden, betekenen
  6. bedoelen

  mean //miːn// 
  bety
  to convey, indicate

  mean /mi:n/
  I.   1.  a. znaczyć, oznaczać
   b.
        "What does it mean?"  - Co to znaczy
   c.
        "What does it mean?"  - Co to oznacza?
   2.  a. znaczyć, mieć znaczenie (to sb - dla kogoś)
   b.
        "This house means a lot to him"  - Ten dom wiele dla niego znaczy
   3.  a. mieć na myśli (by - poprzez)
   b.
        "What do you mean by saying it?"  - Co masz na myśli, gdy to mówisz?
   c.
        "What do you mean by saying it?"  - O co ci chodzi, gdy to mówisz?
   4.  a. chcieć, zamierzać
   b.
        "I meant to ring you"  - zamierzałem do ciebie zadzwonić
   5.  [mówić poważnie]  a. nie żartować
   b.
        "I am going. I mean it"  - Wychodzę. Nie żartuję
  II.   1.  skąpy
   2.  podły, małostkowy
   3.  wielkość przeciętna, przeciętna, średnia
  III.   1.  umiar, powściągliwość
   2.  sth is meant to be (NP be V: :meant :to :be)
   - coś ma być
   3.  sth is meant to (do sth) (NP be V: :meant :to VERB NP)
   - coś ma na celu zrobienie czegoś, coś ma na celu
   4.  sth is meant for sb (NP be V: :meant :for NPRO)
   - coś jest przeznaczone dla kogoś
   5.  sb is meant to do sth (NPRO be V: :meant :to VERB NP)
   - ktoś ma coś robić, ktoś ma coś zrobić
   6.  I mean (:I :mean)
   - to znaczy

  mean /miːn/   
  1. centro, meio, metade
  2. central, mediano, médio
  3. intentar, pretender, tencionar
  4. denotar, querer dizer, significar

  mean /miːn/
  1. tenerelpropósito
  2. centro, medio
  3. significar
  4. quererdecir

  mean //miːn// 
  1. elak
  intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise
  2. gemen, usel
  low-minded; acting without consideration of others
  3. genomsnittlig, medel-
  having the mean as its value

  mean //miːn// 
  genomsnitt, medelvärde
  intermediate value

  mean //miːn// 
  1. betyda, innebära 2.
  to convey, indicate
   3.
  to result in; bring about
  2. mena 2.
  to have conviction in what one says
   3.
  to have intentions of some kind
  3. tänka
  to intend; plan on doing
  4. betyda, mena, syfta på
  to signify

  mean /mˈiːn/
  1. (meant) (ment) niyet etmek, kurmak, düşünmek
  2. ifade etmek, mana vermek, kastetmek, demek istemek
  3. demek. He means well. Ne kadar beceriksiz olsa da hüsnüniyeti var. It is meant for you Bu sizin için. What do you mean by it? Ne demek istiyorsun? Yaptığın doğru mu? You mean everything to me Sen benim her şeyimsin.

  mean /mˈiːn/
  1. orta, vasat
  2. vasati, ortalama
  3. (mat.) orantılı. mean distance ortalama mesafe. mean pressure ortalama basınç. mean time vasati güneş saati. Greenwich mean time Greenwich ortalama güneş saati.

  mean /mˈiːn/
  1. iki şeyin ortası, vasat, orta
  2. ılımlık
  3. (mat.) ortalama nicelik
  4. istatistikte gözlem sonucu ortalama değer
  5. (man.) orta terim
  6. (bak.) means the golden mean her şeyin kararı, ikisi ortası, ideal olan şey.

  mean /mˈiːn/
  1. adi, aşağı, değersiz
  2. rezil, alçak, bayağı
  3. cimri, pinti
  4. kılıksız
  5. yoksul
  6. (k. dili) huysuz
  7. (k. dili) utangaç
  8. (A.B.D.), (k. dili) keyifsiz
  9. (k. dili) kötü huylu, ahlâksız, tehlikeli
  10. (k. dili) zor, güç
  11. (argo) şahane, nefis. no mean city çok iyi şehir. meanly  alçakçasına. meanness  adilik
  12. cimrilik.

  
/ˈmin/

  MEAN. This word is sometimes used for mesne. (q.v.)
  
  

  693 Moby Thesaurus words for "mean":
     Herculean, Lenten, Mickey Mouse, OK, Spartan, abject, abominable,
     absolutely, abstemious, abstruse, abysmal, ace-high, add up to,
     affect, agency, agent, ailing, aim, aim at, allegorize, allude to,
     amidships, apparatus, approach, arduous, argue, arrant, ascetic,
     aspire after, aspire to, assets, assume, assuredly, at all events,
     at any cost, atrocious, attest, augur, austere, authoritarian,
     avenue, average, backing, bad, bad-tempered, baleful, banal,
     bang-up, base, base-minded, baseborn, be after, be construed as,
     be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bearish,
     beggarly, below the salt, beneath contempt, bespeak, betoken,
     bigot, bigoted, bitchy, bonzer, borne, boss, brandish, breathe,
     bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out,
     bring to mind, bring to notice, brutal, bully, bundle, but good,
     by all means, by dint of, by means of, by no means, by way of,
     cankered, cantankerous, capital, carry, center, central, certainly,
     channel, characterize, cheap, cheesy, churlish, close, closed,
     coarse, cockney, common, commonplace, communicate, complex,
     compromise, connote, constricted, contemplate, contemptible,
     convey, cool, core, corking, count, course, crabbed, crackerjack,
     cramped, cranky, creedbound, critical, cross, cross-grained, cruel,
     crummy, crusty, cussed, dandy, dangle, deaf, deaf to reason,
     debased, declasse, deficient, definitely, degenerate, degraded,
     delicate, delicious, demanding, demonstrate, denominate, denote,
     depraved, design, designate, desire, despicable, destine,
     determine, develop, diameter, diaphragm, differentiate, difficile,
     difficult, dirty, disagreeable, disclose, disgraceful, disgusting,
     dismal, disobliging, display, divine, divulge, donsie, dramatize,
     dreary, drive at, ducky, dwarfed, dwarfish, effective, embody,
     enact, entail, equator, equatorial, equidistant, equipment, estate,
     evidence, evince, exacting, excellent, exceptional, excitable,
     execrable, exhibit, exiguous, expect, expose to view, express, fab,
     fair, fairish, fanatical, fashion, feisty, fence, finances,
     fine and dandy, flagrant, flaunt, flourish, foreshadow, foretell,
     foretoken, formidable, fortune, foul, fourth-class, fractious,
     frugal, fulsome, funds, gaudy, gear, get across, get over,
     gimcracky, give evidence, give sign, give token, go for,
     golden mean, grave, great, groovy, gross, grudging, hack, hairy,
     half measures, half-and-half measures, halfway, halfway measures,
     happy medium, harbor a design, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought,
     harmful, hateful, have every intention, have in mind, have in view,
     heart, heavy, heinous, herald, hidebound, highlight, hint, hint at,
     holdings, homely, hope, hostile, hot, huffish, huffy, humble,
     humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, hunky-dory, identify,
     ignoble, ill-tempered, illiberal, illuminate, imperfect, implicate,
     imply, import, impoverished, in any case, in any event, in no way,
     inadequate, incarnate, incompetent, indicate, indifferent,
     indisposed, ineffectual, infer, inferior, inglorious, iniquitous,
     innocuous, insinuate, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation,
     insufficient, insular, intangibles, intend, intercurrent, interior,
     interjacent, intermediary, intermediate, intervenient, intervening,
     intimate, intricate, invidious, involve, irascible, irregular,
     irritable, jam-up, jawbreaking, jejune, just dandy, keen, kernel,
     knotted, knotty, laborious, lean, least, limited, little,
     little-minded, low, low-class, low-down, low-grade, low-minded,
     low-quality, low-test, lowborn, lowbred, lowest, lowliest, lowly,
     lumpen, machinery, make clear, make plain, maladroit, malefic,
     maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant, mangy, manifest, manner,
     mark, marvy, materialize, meager, mean, mean to say, mean-minded,
     mean-spirited, means, measly, medial, median, mediocre,
     mediterranean, medium, menial, mercenary, meretricious, mesial,
     mesne, method, mezzo, mid, middle, middle course, middle ground,
     middle way, middle-of-the-road, middlemost, middling, midland,
     midmost, midriff, midships, midst, midway, mind, mingy, ministry,
     miserable, miserly, mode, moderate, moderateness, moderation,
     modest, money, moneybags, monstrous, name, narrow, narrow-hearted,
     narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nasty, near,
     nearsighted, neat, nefarious, nest egg, neutral ground, nifty,
     niggard, niggardly, no matter what, no picnic, no way, nobby,
     nonclerical, norm, normal, not at all, not comparable, not easy,
     not in it, note, noxious, nuclear, nucleus, obnoxious, odious,
     of course, okay, on no account, operose, ordinary, organ, ornery,
     out of it, out of sight, paltry, par, parade, paraphernalia,
     parochial, parsimonious, pathetic, peachy, peachy-keen,
     penny-pinching, penurious, perform, perverse, pesky, petty, pile,
     pinchpenny, pitiable, pitiful, plain, plan, plebeian, pocket,
     point indirectly to, point to, poky, poor, portend, position,
     positively, possessions, prefigure, preindicate, presage, present,
     presign, presignal, presignify, presume, presuppose, pretypify,
     procedure, process, produce, project, proletarian, promise,
     property, propose, provincial, punk, puny, purblind, purport,
     purpose, purse, rank, refer to, represent, reptilian, reserves,
     resolve, resources, reveal, rigorous, ripping, roll out, rough,
     routine, rubbishy, rude, rugged, rum, run-down, sad, savings,
     scabby, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, scrubby, scruffy,
     scrumptious, scummy, scurvy, scuzzy, second-best, second-class,
     second-rate, seedy, servile, set, set forth, set with thorns,
     severe, shabby, shabby-genteel, shoddy, shortsighted, show,
     show forth, signal, signify, simple, skilled, skimp, skimpy,
     slap-up, slavish, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, small,
     small-minded, smashing, snappish, so-so, solid, something else,
     sordid, sorry, sour, spare, sparing, specify, spell, spiffing,
     spiffy, spiny, spiteful, spleeny, splenetic, spotlight, squalid,
     stand for, standard, starvation, steep, stingy, stinted, stinting,
     straitened, straitlaced, strenuous, stuffy, stunning, stunted,
     submissive, subservient, subsistence, substance, suggest, support,
     suppose, surely, swell, symbolize, symptomatize, symptomize,
     system, tacky, take for granted, tatty, teachable, technique,
     testify, testy, thick, thick of things, thin, think, third-class,
     third-estate, third-rate, thorny, through, ticklish, tight,
     tight-fisted, tightfisted, tinny, toilsome, token, tough, trashy,
     tricky, trot out, troublous, trumpery, two-for-a-cent,
     two-for-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny, typify, ugly,
     unaccommodating, uncatholic, uncharitable, unchivalrous,
     undignified, undistinguished, unfold, ungenerous, ungenteel,
     unimportant, unkind, unliberal, unmentionable, unnourishing,
     unnutritious, unpleasant, unpretentious, unskillful, unwashed,
     uphill, using, usual, valueless, vehicle, vexatious, via,
     via media, vile, vulgar, waist, waistline, want, waspish, watered,
     watery, wave, way, ways, wealth, weigh, wherewithal, wicked, wish,
     without fail, wizard, wonderful, worthless, wretched, zone
  
  

  a. 低劣的,卑贱的,平均的;
  v. 意谓,想要,意欲;

     v. 意思是,意味着,有重大意义;预定,打算,准备,意欲
     a. 中间的,中庸的,平均的