mean  /min/

noun

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

synset: mean, mean_value

verb

1. mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

synset: mean, intend

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

synset: entail, imply, mean

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

synset: mean, intend, signify, stand_for

4. 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"

synset: intend, mean, think

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

synset: mean

6. 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!"

synset: think_of, have_in_mind, mean

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

synset: mean

adj

1. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"

synset: average, mean

2. characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

synset: hateful, mean

3. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "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"

synset: base, mean, meanspirited

4. excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"

synset: mean

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

synset: beggarly, mean

6. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

synset: mean, mingy, miserly, tight

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

synset: beggarly, mean

8. of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"

synset: bastardly, mean

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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