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mean¹ [miːn] ADJ

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1. mean esp Brit (miserly):

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mean

2. mean (unkind):

mean

mean

5. mean Am sl (good):

mean

he plays a mean guitar

on opasno svira gitaru sl

mean² <meant, meant> [miːn] VB trans

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1. mean (signify):

mean word, symbol

značiti imperf

mean word, symbol

označiti // označavati

does that name mean anything to you?

da li ti to ime nešto znači?

2. mean (intend to convey):

mean person

smisliti // misliti hteti reći

what do you mean by that?

šta pod tim podrazumevaš?

now I see what you mean

sad mi je jasno šta hoćeš da kažeš

3. mean (be sincere):

I mean what I say

ja mislim ono što govorim

he said a lot of things he didn't really mean

rekao je dosta toga što nije zaista mislio

4. mean (intend):

mean

nameriti // nameravati

he didn't mean any harm

nije imao loše namere

I really didn't mean to offend you

zaista nisam nameravao da te uvredim

I've been meaning to phone you for weeks

već nedeljama nameravam da te pozovem

you're meant to fill in a tax form every year

treba da popuniš poreski obrazac svake godine

to be meant for each other

biti stvoren jedno za drugo

it was meant to be a surprise

to je trebalo da bude iznenađenje

to mean business

imati ozbiljne namere

to mean well

imati dobre namere

5. mean (result in):

mean

značiti imperf

mean

podrazumevati imperf

mean

prouzrokovati // uzrokovati

6. mean (have significance):

mean

značiti imperf

it was just a kiss, it didn't mean anything

to je bio sam poljubac, nije ništa značio

to mean a lot/nothing/something to sb

značiti mnogo/vrlo malo/nešto nekome

I.mean³ [miːn] N

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mean (average)

mean (average value)

srednja [or prosečna] vrednost f

mean fig

zlatna sredina f

II.mean³ [miːn] ADJ

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no mean feat

no mean feat

ne biti mala stvar

I cannot imagine what you mean

ne mogu da pretpostavim šta misliš

and what, pray, is that supposed to mean?

i šta to znači, molim te?

I didn't mean to be personal

nisam mislio ništa lično...

to mean mischief

značiti nevolju

she didn't really mean it — oh yes she did!

nije to mislila stvarno. - o da, jeste

to mean no harm

ne misliti ništa loše

I didn't mean to be personal

nisam mislio ništa lično...

do you know what I mean?

razumeš li me?

to mean [all] the world to sb

biti nekome sve na svetu

what do you mean by that?

šta si hteo time da kažeš?

does that name mean anything to you?

da li ti to ime nešto znači?

what do you mean by that?

šta pod tim podrazumevaš?

now I see what you mean

sad mi je jasno šta hoćeš da kažeš

I really didn't mean to offend you

zaista nisam nameravao da te uvredim

to mean a lot/nothing/something to sb

značiti mnogo/vrlo malo/nešto nekome

I cannot imagine what you mean

ne mogu da pretpostavim šta misliš

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Any triangle, in which the altitude equals the geometric mean of the two line segments created by it, is a right triangle. en.wikipedia.org

The looseness of the definition of relevant evidence is generally construed to mean liberal production. en.wikipedia.org

Probably the best known weighted mean is the weighted arithmetic mean, usually simply called the weighted mean. en.wikipedia.org

I mean, it's whacked out. en.wikipedia.org

I mean, it's astroblastoma glioma, which is a terrible, terrible thing. www.npr.org

Later dishonest jewellers passed pinchbeck off as gold; over the years it came to mean a cheap and tawdry imitation of gold. en.wikipedia.org

But not watching hockey doesn't mean he's away from the game entirely. news.nationalpost.com

Thus, programmable matter has come to mean any bulk substance which can be programmed to change its physical properties. en.wikipedia.org

He was a chivalrous batsman, nothing mean or discourteous in any of his movements or intentions at the wicket. en.wikipedia.org

This does not mean that the territory has no government at all or that it is unclaimed territory. en.wikipedia.org

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