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Mean
miːn
- intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify
"I don't know what you mean"
signify convey denote designate indicate connote show express spell out stand for represent symbolize imply purport suggest allude to intimate hint at insinuate drive at refer to- (of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language
"its name means ‘painted rock’ in Cherokee"
- genuinely intend to express (something)
"when she said that she meant it"
- be of a specified degree of importance to (someone)
"animals have always meant more to him than people"
- intend (something) to occur or be the case
"they mean no harm"
intend aim plan design have in mind have in view contemplate think of purpose propose have plans set out aspire desire want wish expect- be supposed to do something
"we were meant to go over yesterday"
- design or destine for a particular purpose
"the jacket was meant for a much larger person"
- have something as a motive or explanation in saying or doing
"what do you mean by leaving me out here in the cold?"
- be generally considered to be
"this one's meant to be priceless"
- have as a consequence or result
"the proposals are likely to mean another hundred closures"
- necessarily or usually entail or involve
"coal stoves mean a lot of smoke"