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Mean

n. [an average amount or quantity]

mean, mean value

n. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

mean

v. have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"

mean

v. destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"

entail, imply, mean

v. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

think of, have in mind, mean

v. intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

intend, mean, think

v. have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

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mean

adj. excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"

beggarly, mean

adj. marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

indicate, suggest

v. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

intend, mean, think

v. have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

aim, purpose, purport, propose

v. propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"

bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal

v. be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

count

v. have a certain value or carry a certain weight; "each answer counts as three points"

prefigure

v. imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"

embody, be, personify

v. represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

imply

v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

indicate, suggest

v. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

entail, imply, mean

v. have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

imply, connote

v. express or state indirectly

intend, mean, think

v. have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

aim, purpose, purport, propose

v. propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"

decide, make up one's mind, determine

v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

define

v. give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"

demarcate

v. separate clearly, as if by boundaries

intend, destine, designate, specify

v. design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

restrict

v. place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"

mean, stand for, intend, signify

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

mean, intend, signify, stand for

v. denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

hope, go for

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

humble, menial, lowly

adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

beggarly, mean

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

abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy

adj. of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

currish

adj. resembling a cur; snarling and rude

technical, expert

adj. of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood; "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language"

arch(a)

adj. expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"

ball-hawking

adj. used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; "a ball-hawking center fielder"

consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)

adj. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"

delicate

adj. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"

master

adj. "a master plumber"; "a master thief"

professional

adj. (skilled)

sure-handed

adj. proficient and confident in performance; "promising playwrights...sure-handed enough to turn out top-drawer scripts"

versatile

adj. competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; "a versatile writer"

slummy

adj. (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty; "a slummy part of town"; "slum conditions"

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