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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "mean"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have a particular meaning or represent something
Transitive: to mean sth | to mean that
to mean definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The siren means there's an emergency.
āϏāĻžāχāϰ⧇āύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋

(of a word) to signify something in the same or another language
Transitive: to mean sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
What does the last sentence of the article mean?
āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
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āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋, āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to intend something to happen or be so
Transitive: to mean to do sth
Ditransitive: to mean for sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's been meaning to take a cooking class, but has n't found the time.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be supposed or intended to do a certain thing
to mean definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was meant to graduate last year, but had to take an extra semester.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāϤāĻ• āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϏ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋, āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to lead to a particular or likely result
Transitive: to mean an outcome | to mean that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
More exercise means better health.
āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋, āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be valuable or of importance to someone
Transitive: to mean sth | to mean sb/sth to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Family means everything to me.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āϠ⧁āϰ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāϝāĻŧ

(of a person) behaving in a way that is unkind or cruel
mean definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He showed his mean streak by mocking his coworker's appearance behind their back.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§ƒāĻĒāĻŖ, āϞ⧋āĻ­ā§€

not willing to spend money or use something; cheap or stingy
mean definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She has a mean streak when it comes to tipping at restaurants.
āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϝāĻŧ āϟāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻĒāĻŖāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ, āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻž

having a value that represents the central tendency of a set of numbers
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His mean income over five years was steady.
āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ­ā¤žā¤ĩāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āϠ⧁āϰ

characterized by malice
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āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻšā§€āύ, āĻ…āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ

of no value or worth
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āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āϠ⧁āϰ

tattlers
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āĻĻāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ, āĻ—āϰ⧀āĻŦ

marked by poverty befitting a beggar
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āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻ…āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ

excellent
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āĻ•ā§ƒāĻĒāĻŖ, āϤ⧁āĻšā§āĻ›

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
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āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ, āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ

(mathematics) the average value of a set of quantities calculated by adding them, and dividing them by the total number of the quantities
mean definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If the mean of a set of numbers is 10, their average value is 10.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ 10 āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāύ 10āĨ¤

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