mean (English, verb)
expansion: mean (third-person singular simple present means, present participle meaning, simple past and past participle meant)
Senses:
glosses: To intend.
To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
tags: transitive
glosses: To intend.
To have as intentions of a given kind.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To intend.
To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
tags: passive
regional
transitive
glosses: To intend.
To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.
tags: transitive
glosses: To convey (a meaning).
To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
tags: transitive
glosses: To convey (a meaning).
Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
tags: transitive
glosses: To convey (a meaning).
Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
tags: transitive
glosses: To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
tags: transitive
glosses: To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
tags: transitive
glosses: To be of some level of importance.
tags: usually
raw_tags: with to
glosses: To lament.
tags: Ireland
UK
regional
Forms:
form: means
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: meaning
tags: participle
present
form: meant
tags: participle
past
form: meant
tags: past