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IPA: /min/

Mean is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in mean (aemn).

Definitions for mean

noun

1. Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
2. means. available resources, especially money: considerable financial resources; riches:
3. something that is midway between two extremes; something intermediate:
4. Mathematics. a quantity having a value intermediate between the values of other quantities; an average, especially the arithmetic mean. either the second or third term in a proportion of four terms.
5. Statistics. expected value. See mathematical expectation (def 2).
6. Logic. the middle term in a syllogism.

Idioms

1. mean well, to have good intentions; try to be kind or helpful:
2. by all means, (in emphasis) certainly: at any cost; without fail.
3. by any means, in any way; at all:
4. by means of, with the help of; by the agency of; through:
5. by no means, in no way; not at all:

adjective

1. offensive, selfish, or unaccommodating; nasty; malicious:
2. small-minded or ignoble: Synonyms: contemptible, despicable.
3. penurious, stingy, or miserly: Synonyms: niggardly, close, tight, parsimonious, illiberal, ungenerous, selfish.
4. inferior in grade, quality, or character:
5. low in status, rank, or dignity: Synonyms: common, humble; undignified, plebeian.
6. of little importance or consequence: Synonyms: inconsequential, insignificant, petty, paltry, little, poor, wretched.
7. unimposing or shabby: Synonyms: squalid, poor.
8. small, humiliated, or ashamed:
9. Informal. in poor physical condition.
10. troublesome or vicious; bad-tempered:
11. Slang. skillful or impressive:
12. occupying a middle position or an intermediate place, as in kind, quality, degree, or time:

verb (used with object)

1. to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: Synonyms: contemplate.
2. to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
3. to intend to express or indicate:
4. to have as its sense or signification; signify: Synonyms: denote, indicate; import, imply, connote.
5. to bring, cause, or produce as a result:
6. to have (certain intentions) toward a person:
7. to have the value of; assume the importance of:

verb (used without object)

1. to be minded or disposed; have intentions:

Origin of mean

before 900; Middle English menen, Old English mǣnan; cognate with German meinen, Dutch meenen

Examples for mean

Do you mean that you have earned ninety cents to-day, Robert?

"I mean the philosopher, who teaches in the groves of Academus," continued he.

My doctor says I must let it be for at least two months, and I mean to stick by him.

What does Bondi mean that clerks now should “determine how to proceed”?

What is most troubling is our – and I do mean “our” and not “their” – never treating these situations as learning opportunities.

I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?

They want Marvin to be as mean and as lonely and as trashy as the characters he portrays.

“I mean a man sad and grave as the monks of Beaulieu,” said the jester.

Do you mean that my father was mixed up like those old Indians?

I mean, physically, mentally, you know, in every way, shape, and form.