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  1. mean: [verb] to have in the mind as a purpose : intend. to design for or destine to a specified purpose or future.

  2. Word Origin adjective senses 1 to 4 and adjective senses 6 to 8 Middle English, shortening of Old English gemǣne, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin communis ‘common’. The original sense was ‘common to two or more people’, later ‘inferior in rank’, leading to senses (6-8) and a sense ‘ignoble, small ...

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  4. MEAN definition: 1. to express or represent something such as an idea, thought, or fact: 2. used to add emphasis to…. Learn more.

  5. Mean definition: to have in mind as one's purpose or intention. See examples of MEAN used in a sentence.

  6. If you got a fortune cookie with the message "Your future will contain many bananas," you might ask, "What on earth does that mean?" In other words, you wonder what the intention or meaning of the fortune might be.

  7. adjective: [noun] a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else.

  8. MEAN definition: 1. to have a particular meaning: 2. to intend to express a fact or opinion: 3. to intend to do…. Learn more.

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