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Signification et définition de "mean"

Noun

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

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

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

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

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

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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!"

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

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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"

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

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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"

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excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"

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

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

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

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

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