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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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  Meant \Meant\,
     imp. & p. p. of Mean.
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  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.

  Meant \Meant\,
     imp. & p. p. of Mean.

  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]

  meant
       See mean

  meant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la meō  3 p pres actv indc)

  meant
     alt.
     (infl of en mean  ed-form)
     vb.
     (infl of en mean  ed-form)

  meant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la meō  3 p pres actv indc)

  meant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la meō  3 p pres actv indc)

  meant
     Latina vb.
     (la-v-taivm 1 m e ant)

  meant
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en mean ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb mean)

  Meant /mˈɛnt/
  عنى

  meant /mˈɛnt/ 
  znamenal

  meant /mˈɛnt/ 
  míněný

  meant /mˈɛnt/ 
  určený

  meant /mˈɛnt/ 
  mínil

  mean to do sth. /mˈiːn tə dˈuː ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/ (meant /mˈɛnt/ <>, meant /mˈɛnt/ <>)
  etw. tun wollen, etw. beabsichtigen 
   see: meaning, meant, I didn't mean to offend anyone., Did you really mean to use your email address as a user name?
  

  meant /mˈɛnt/
  beabsichtigt
        "She only meant to help."  - Sie wollte nur helfen.
   see: mean to do sth., meaning, I didn't mean to offend anyone., Did you really mean to use your email address as a user name?
  

  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

  meant /mˈɛnt/
  bedeutet, geheißen
        "it has/had meant"  - es hat/hatte bedeutet, es hat/hatte geheißen
   see: mean, meaning, 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?
  

  meant /mˈɛnt/
  besagt
   see: mean sth., meaning, That does not mean that …, That does not mean anything., The principle of territoriality means that the processing must be carried out in the territories of the parties.
  

  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)?
  

  meant /mˈɛnt/
  gemeint
        "I/he/she meant"  - ich/er/sie meinte
        "he/she has/had meant"  - er/sie hat/hatte gemeint
   see: mean, meaning, What are you implying (by that)?
  

  meant /mˈɛnt/
  misliti, namijenjene, značilo

  meant /mˈɛnt/
  1. (bak.) mean.

  
/ˈmɛnt/

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "meant":
     advised, aimed, aimed at, assumed, calculated, conscious,
     considered, contemplated, deliberate, deliberated, designed,
     envisaged, envisioned, hinted, implicated, implied, indicated,
     inferred, intended, intentional, intimated, involved, knowing,
     meditated, of design, planned, presumed, presupposed, projected,
     proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, studied, suggested,
     supposed, teleological, voluntary, willful, witting
  
  

  v. 意谓,有...含意;
  vbl. 意谓,有...的含意;

     vbl. mean的过去式和过去分词