|adjective|
1.stingy sense 1
2.low in quality, worth, or dignity
That was no mean achievement.
3.excellent
He plays a mean guitar.
4.occurring or being in a middle position : average
The mean temperature for June was 70 degrees.
5.deliberately unkind
That was a mean trick.
|adjective (1)|
1.ashamed sense 1b
His ready cooperation made me feel mean for what I had said.
2.excellent, effective
plays a mean trumpet
a lean, mean athlete
3.causing trouble or bother : vexatious
a mean soil to work
4.characterized by petty selfishness or malice
a mean surly man
5.penurious, stingy
He's very mean with his money.
6.lacking dignity or honor : base
a mean motive
7.worthy of little regard : contemptible —often used in negative constructions as a term of praise
8.of poor, shabby, or inferior quality or status
mean city streets
9.lacking in mental discrimination : dull
10.lacking distinction or eminence : humble
|adjective (2)|
1.serving as a means : intermediary
2.occupying a position about midway between extremes
3.occupying a middle position : intermediate in space, order, time, kind, or degree
|noun|
1.resources available for disposal
2.something useful or helpful to a desired end
3.either of the middle two terms of a proportion
4.a value that lies within a range of values and is computed according to a prescribed law: such as
5.something intervening or intermediate
6.a middle point or something (as a place, time, number, or rate) that falls at or near a middle point : moderation
7.arithmetic mean
8.something that helps a person to get what he or she wants
Use every means you can think of to find it.
9.wealth sense 1
A person of means doesn't worry about money.
|verb|
1.to have importance to
His visit meant a lot to me.
2.to intend for a particular use
It's a book meant for children.
3.to have in mind as a purpose
He meant to be funny.
4.to be an indication of
Those clouds mean rain.
5.to represent or have as a definite explanation or idea
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|adjective|
That was no mean achievement.
