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mean verb

  /mijən/ , /miːn/
  • (transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
  • (transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result). [from 19th c.]
 signifier, vouloir dire
  • (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. [from 8th c.]
 avoir l'intention, entendre faire
entendre
  • (transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. [from 16th c.]
 vouloir dire

meanness noun

  • (countable) A mean act.
 abjection
  • (uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)
 pingrerie, radinerie

mean adjective

  /mijən/ , /miːn/
  • Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
 méchant, cruel
  • (chiefly, UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
 radin, pingre
  • Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
 inférieur, inférieure

meaning noun

  /ˈminɪŋ/ , /ˈmiːnɪŋ/
  • The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.
 sens, signification
  • The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
 sens

mean noun

  /mijən/ , /miːn/
  • Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. [from 14th c.]
 moyenne, moyen
  • (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms.[from 15th c.]
 moyen, moyenne
  • (now, chiefly, in the plural form means, also in a singular sense) A method or course of action used to achieve some result. [from 14th c.]
  • (mathematics) 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.
 moyenne

mean adjective

  /mijən/ , /miːn/
  • Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
 moyen

means noun

  /minz/ , /miːnz/
  • An instrument or condition to achieve a result. [late 14th c.]
 moyen

means noun

  /minz/ , /miːnz/
  • (uncountable) Financial resources; wealth. [circa 1600]
 moyens
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