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mean1 [mi:n] ADJ

1. mean esp Brit (miserly):

mean
skop
mean
stiskaški

2. mean (unkind):

mean
nesramen
mean
neprijazen

3. mean Am:

mean (vicious)
zloben
mean (dangerous)
nevaren
mean dog
popadljiv

4. mean (bad):

mean
slab
he's no mean cook
sploh ni slab kuhar
no mean feat
mojstrovina

5. mean Am sl (good):

mean
super inf
mean
blazen inf
he plays a mean guitar
noro dobro igra kitaro

mean2 <meant, meant> [mi:n] VB trans

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2. mean (intend to convey):

mean person
misliti
what do you mean by that?
kaj bi rad povedal s tem?
now I see what you mean
zdaj razumem, kaj misliš s tem

3. mean (be sincere):

I mean what I say
stojim za tem, kar povem
he said a lot of things he didn't really mean
povedal je veliko stvari, ki jih ni mislil resno

5. mean (result in):

mean
povzročati [perf povzročiti]

I . mean3 [mi:n] N

mean (average)
povprečje n
mean (average value)
srednja vrednost f
mean fig
srednja pot f

II . mean3 [mi:n] ADJ

mean
povprečen

Usage examples with mean

see what I mean?
razumeš?
to mean no harm
nič hudega hoteti
he's no mean cook
sploh ni slab kuhar
to mean certain death
pomeniti zagotovo smrt
Greenwich Mean time
greenwiški čas
to mean well
imeti dober namen
to mean business
resno misliti
no mean feat
ne biti kar tako
to mean mischief
povzročati težave
I see what you mean
razumem, kaj misliš
I mean what I say
stojim za tem, kar povem
he didn't mean any harm
nič slabega ni hotel
he plays a mean guitar
noro dobro igra kitaro
to intend/mean no disrespect
ne želeti biti nespoštljiv
do you know what I mean?
veš, kaj mislim?
I didn't mean to be personal
nisem hotel biti oseben
I cannot imagine what you mean
sanja se mi ne, kaj govoriš

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Instead of a real culture where songs actually mean something, we have this junk culture of entertainment working on the principle of planned obsolescence.
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Thus, programmable matter has come to mean any bulk substance which can be programmed to change its physical properties.
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Later dishonest jewellers passed pinchbeck off as gold; over the years it came to mean a cheap and tawdry imitation of gold.
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The looseness of the definition of relevant evidence is generally construed to mean liberal production.
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But not watching hockey doesn't mean he's away from the game entirely.
news.nationalpost.com
I mean, it's astroblastoma glioma, which is a terrible, terrible thing.
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He was a chivalrous batsman, nothing mean or discourteous in any of his movements or intentions at the wicket.
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A perpetual usufruct is thus forbidden and perpetual might mean a long, but finite period, such as 99 years.
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At early 2007 gasoline and electricity prices, that would mean a break-even point after six to ten years of operation.
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A frequency distribution is said to be skewed when its mean and median are different.
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