Word Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Domain:
statistics
adjective satellite
Sense 2
"a mean person"
"he left a miserly tip"
verb
Sense 3
"My ex-husband means nothing to me"
"Happiness means everything"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 4
"You never understand what I mean!"
"what do his words intend?"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 5
"`maison'' means `house'' in French"
"An example sentence would show what this word means"
Verb group:
signify
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 6
"These flowers were meant for you"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective satellite
Sense 8
verb
Sense 9
"I mean no harm"
"I only meant to help you"
"She didn''t think to harm me"
"We thought to return early that night"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something is ----ing PP
adjective satellite
Sense 10
"a hateful thing to do"
"in a mean mood"
adjective satellite
Sense 11
"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 vulga"
Similar:
ignoble
verb
Sense 13
"I''m thinking of good food when I talk about France"
"Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 14
"The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
Type of:
necessitate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
14
Total Synonyms
9
Total Relationships
61
Times Searched
5
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