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mean: adjective and adverb
mean: I. transitive verb II. intransitive verb

mean¹ [miːn] ADJ

1. mean (unkind):

mean

mau(má)

to be mean to sb

ser mau com alguém

2. mean esp Brit (stingy):

mean

I . mean² <meant, meant> [miːn] VB trans

1. mean (signify):

mean

mean

does that name mean anything to you?

esse nome significa alguma coisa para você?

2. mean (express, indicate):

mean

what do you mean?

o que você quer dizer?

3. mean (intend for sth):

mean

to be meant for sth

ser destinado a a. c.

4. mean (intend):

mean

to mean to do sth

pretender fazer a. c.

to mean well

ter boas intenções

to mean business

II . mean² <meant, meant> [miːn] VB intr

(do you) know what I mean?

dá para me entender?

I mean ...

quer dizer ...

Usage examples with mean

I mean ...

what do you mean?

o que você quer dizer?

how do you mean?

o que você disse?

to mean well

ter boas intenções

to mean business

to mean to do sth

pretender fazer a. c.

to be mean to sb

ser mau com alguém

they didn't mean any harm

eles não tinham a intenção de ofender

(do you) know what I mean?

dá para me entender?

to mean the world to sb

ser tudo na vida de alguém

does that name mean anything to you?

esse nome significa alguma coisa para você?

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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. en.wikipedia.org

Sometimes, mixed constitutions evolved with a democratic element, but it definitely did not mean self-rule by citizens. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

This is the velocity with which the mean wave energy is transported horizontally in a narrow-band wave field. en.wikipedia.org

Taken together, these effects mean there is now an excess supply (known as a surplus) of the product in the market to maintain the price floor over the long term. en.wikipedia.org

Instead of a real culture where songs actually mean something, we have this junk culture of entertainment working on the principle of planned obsolescence. en.wikipedia.org

A perpetual usufruct is thus forbidden and perpetual might mean a long, but finite period, such as 99 years. en.wikipedia.org

At the restarts, there were a number of cars 5 car lengths behind the car in front which should mean a stop-go penalty but these incidents went unpunished. en.wikipedia.org

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