definition of
mean

[1] #1 mean v. [intend] mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?". wn

[2] #2 mean v. [entail, imply] have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers". wn

[3] #3 mean v. [intend, signify, stand for] denote or connote; "'maison' means 'house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means". wn

[4] #4 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] #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. wn