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mean
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[ verb ] mean or intend to express or convey
Synonyms Examples "You never understand what I mean!" "what do his words intend?" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)And that 's meant as a boost , not a knock . (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)Before deriving this formula , we explain what we mean by `` problems of this kind '' . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)The theory claims to show by analysis that when we say , `` That is good '' , we do not mean to assert a character of the subject of which we are thinking . I shall argue that we do mean to do just that . I hold , on_the_contrary , that we mean to assert something of the pain itself , namely , that it was bad - bad when and as it occurred . |
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[ verb ] have as a logical consequence
Examples "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)But he hastened to add that , if United_States policies were not always clear , despite Mr._Rusk 's analysis of the various global danger points and setbacks for the West , this may merely mean the new administration has not_yet firmly fixed its policy . (The Providence Journal...)`` Our most immediate goal is to increase public awareness of the movement '' , he indicated , `` and to tell them what this will mean for the town '' . (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)For hotels with 1000 rooms , the increased license fee would mean an expense of $ 5000 a year , Goodis said . (The Oregonian...)This means that more_than 100 million have no vital touch with the church or religious life '' , he told delegates Friday . (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)The gala is the Thrift_Shop 's annual bundle party and , as all Thrift_Shop friends know , that means the admission is a bundle of used clothing in good_condition , contributions of household equipment , bric-a-brac and such to stock the shelves at the shop 's headquarters at 1213 Walnut_St. . Related terms |
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[ verb ] denote or connote
Examples "`maison' means `house' in French" "An example sentence would show what this word means" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)Just what is meant by `` spirit '' and by `` matter '' ? (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)It has come to mean myths , legends , tales , songs , proverbs , riddles , superstitions , rhymes and such literary forms of expression . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)The third level leans_on a belief that a_lot of smoke means some fire . (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)The word `` binomial '' means `` of two names '' or `` of two terms '' , and both usages apply in our work : the first to the names of the two outcomes of a binomial trial , and the second to the terms p and * * f that represent the probabilities of `` success '' and `` failure '' . Strictly_speaking , this means that the probability for each possible outcome of the experiment can be computed by multiplying together the probabilities of the possible outcomes of the single binomial trials . |
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[ verb ] have in mind as a purpose
Examples "I mean no harm" "I only meant to help you" "She didn't think to harm me" "We thought to return early that night" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)In the absence of a truly adequate conceptuality in which the gospel can be expressed , the unavoidable need to demythologize it makes use of whatever resources are at_hand - and this usually means one or another of the various forms of `` folk religion '' current in the situation . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)He does not mean to say that Adam lost the similitude of God and his immortality through the fall ; for he was created not exactly immortal , nor yet exactly mortal , but capable of immortality as_well_as of mortality . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)This meant sorting_out press_clippings and the_like . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The equation was simple : wealth brought them happiness , and their united front to the world was their warning that they meant to keep everything they had , let no_one in on the secrets . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He had not meant to shout . |
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[ adjective ] (statistics) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
Synonyms Examples "the average income in New England is below that of the nation" "of average height for his age" "the mean annual rainfall" Used in print (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The mean temperature of this region was approximated by the temperature measured halfways between the edge of the hot spot and the rim of the plug . The mean temperature of the surface was then computed according to the following relation : **f where x is the fraction of the plug area covered by the hot spot . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)Field shifts were derived from the mean value of the resonance line , defined as the field about which the first_moment is zero . (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)When a dot appears close to the end of the transverse line , the `` moderate '' rating may be further classified according_to the position of the dot with_respect_to the vertical marking denoting the mean age . There the middle one of the three curves denotes `` mean Skeletal Age '' for the Maturity Series boys and girls . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics,statistics) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Synonyms Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)When now we count the frequency of the 71 items in the two language families appearing in the same column or grade , or one column or grade apart , or two or three or four , we find these differences : * * f This distribution can be summarized by averaging the distance in grades apart : * * f ; which , divided by * * f gives a mean of 1.07 grades apart . The actual mean of 1.07 being about halfway between 0 of complete correlation and 2.0 of no correlation , it is evident that there is a pretty fair degree of similarity in the behavior even of particular individual items of meaning as regards long-term stem displacement . Related terms average arithmetic_mean geometric_mean harmonic_mean statistics |
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[ verb ] have a specified degree of importance
Examples "My ex-husband means nothing to me" "Happiness means everything" Used in print (Saturday Review...)Personally , it meant a great_deal ; my only hope is that it will be shared by many , many others . (Tracts published by American Tract Society,...)To state fully what the Bible means as my daily spiritual food is as intimate and difficult as to formulate the reasons for loving my nearest and dearest relatives and friends . (Peter Wyden, "The Chances of Accidental War"...)Unless we send_out the whole pie , their pieces mean nothing '' . (87th Congress, 1st Session. House Document No. 247....)This means much to the American tradition . (Clifford Irving, The Valley....)Just a half-breed ' pache , never said much , never meant anythin to me , but he stuck_with me . |
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[ verb ] intend to refer to
Synonyms Examples "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France" "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)When we say that a mythological mode of thought must be completely abandoned , we mean it must be abandoned as the sole or proper means for presenting the Christian understanding of existence . This is what we mean when we say this demand must be accepted without condition . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)When I question them as_to what they mean by concepts like liberty and democracy , I find that they fall_into two categories : the simpler ones who have simply accepted the shibboleths of their faith without analysis ; and the intelligent , cynical ones who scornfully reply that these things do n't count any_more in the world of to-day . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Mickie had a pleasant glow as he said , `` You see , both of them , I mean the President and Jeff_Lawrence , are romantics . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` I know what you mean '' , Moreland sighed . |
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[ adjective ] characterized by malice
Examples "a hateful thing to do" "in a mean mood" Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)He had a mean , unbroken sheer bastard in his outfit , and someone invented the name Trig for him . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)He was like a mean horse to come at from the rear . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
Synonyms Examples "liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" Used in print (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)Also , she lived in continual fear of finding a white worm curled_up in a neat , mean little heap at the white center of the radish . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25319
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[ verb ] destine or designate for a certain purpose
Examples "These flowers were meant for you" Related terms |
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