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mean v. [
intend] mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
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mean v. [
entail, imply] have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
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mean v. [
intend, signify, stand for] denote or connote; "'maison' means 'house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
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mean v. [
intend, think] have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
. wn #5
mean n. [
mean value] an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
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