mean

(noun) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n. Synonyms: mean value.

(verb) mean or intend to express or convey. Synonyms: intend. Examples: "You never understand what i mean!." "What do his words intend?."

(verb) have as a logical consequence. Synonyms: entail, imply. Examples: "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers."

(verb) denote or connote. Synonyms: intend, signify, stand for. Examples: "`maison' means `house' in french." "An example sentence would show what this word means."

(verb) have in mind as a purpose. Synonyms: intend, think. 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."

(verb) have a specified degree of importance. Examples: "My ex-husband means nothing to me." "Happiness means everything."

(verb) intend to refer to. Synonyms: think of, have in mind. Examples: "I'm thinking of good food when i talk about france." "Yes, i meant you when i complained about people who gossip!."

(verb) destine or designate for a certain purpose. Examples: "These flowers were meant for you."

(adj) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value. Synonyms: average, mean(prenominal). Examples: "The average income in new england is below that of the nation." "Of average height for his age." "The mean annual rainfall."

(adj) characterized by malice. Synonyms: hateful. Examples: "A hateful thing to do." "In a mean mood."

(adj) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. Synonyms: base, meanspirited. Examples: "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."

(adj) excellent. Examples: "Famous for a mean backhand."

(adj) marked by poverty befitting a beggar. Synonyms: beggarly. Examples: "A beggarly existence in the slums." "A mean hut."

(adj) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. Synonyms: mingy, miserly, tight. Examples: "A mean person." "He left a miserly tip."

(adj) (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt. Synonyms: beggarly.

(adj) of no value or worth. Synonyms: bastardly. Examples: "I was caught in the bastardly traffic."