mean
adjective
/mijən/
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/min/
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/miːn/
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- Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
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cattivo,
maligno,
malevolo,
sgarbato
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- (chiefly, UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
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avaro,
spilorcio,
taccagno
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- (colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
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eccellente,
fantastico,
favoloso,
formidabile
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- Powerful; fierce; strong.
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furioso,
potente,
violento
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- Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
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gretto,
ignobile,
meschino
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- Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
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inferiore,
insignificante,
mediocre
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mean
verb
/mijən/
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/min/
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/miːn/
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- (transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
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significare,
volere dire,
intendere,
tenerci
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- (transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result). [from 19th c.]
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significare,
portare,
volere dire
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- (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. [from 8th c.]
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intendere,
avere intenzione,
volere,
aver l'intenzione
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- (transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). [from 18th c.]
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intendere
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- (transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. [from 16th c.]
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essere fatto per
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mean
verb
/mijən/
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/min/
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/miːn/
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- (Ireland, UK, _, regional) To lament.
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lamentarsi
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mean
noun
/mijən/
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/min/
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/miːn/
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- Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. [from 14th c.]
- (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean. [from 15th c.]
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media,
mezzo
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- (mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
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medio
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mean
adjective
/mijən/
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/min/
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/miːn/
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- Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
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medio
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meaning
noun
/ˈminɪŋ/
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/ˈmiːnɪŋ/
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- The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.
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significato,
senso
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- The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
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significato
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means
noun
/minz/
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/miːnz/
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- (uncountable) Resources; riches.
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mezzo
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meanness
noun
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- (uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)
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grettezza,
meschinità,
taccagneria
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