Definizione monolingua

mean

mean (third-person singular simple present means, present participle meaning, simple past and past participle meant)

1. To intend.
   1. (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as ones intention. [from 8th c.]

      I didnt mean to knock your tooth out.

      I mean to go to Baddeck this summer.

      I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.

   2. (intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind. [from 14th c.]

      Dont be angry; she meant well.

   3. (transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. [from 16th c.]

      Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.

      Man was not meant to question such things.

   Noun
   

   mean (plural means)

   
   
   1. (obsolete, in singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
   Adjective
   

   mean (comparative meaner, superlative meanest)

   
   
   1. (obsolete) Common; general.
   2. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.

      a man of mean parentage / a mean abode

   3. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.

      a mean appearance / mean dress

   4. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
   5. Niggardly; penurious; miserly; stingy.

      Hes so mean. Ive never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.

   6. Of little value or account; low in worth or estimation; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
   7. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
   8. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.

      It was mean to steal the girls piggy bank, but he just had to get uptown and he had no cash of his own.

   9. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.

      Watch out for her, shes mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.

   10. Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.

       It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.

   11. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.

       Your mother can roll a mean cigarette.

       He hits a mean backhand.

Definizione dizionario mean

	significare
	to result in; bring about
	to convey, indicate
	Esprimere quello che si intende attraverso una parola, una locuzione, frase nel parlare una lingua e la sua grammatica.

	media
	arithmetic mean
	intermediate value
	the statistical value

	medio
	having the mean as its value

	intendere
	to have intentions of some kind
	to have conviction in what one says
	Esprimere quello che si intende attraverso una parola, una locuzione, frase nel parlare una lingua e la sua grammatica.

	mezzo
	method by which something is done

	voler dire
	to signify
	to result in; bring about

	avaro
	miserly, stingy

	cattivo
	causing or intending to cause intentional harm

	infame
	Persona che manca di onore o di moralità o che sembra mancare di tali attributi.
	Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality.

	inferiore
	low in quality; inferior

	meschino
	acting without consideration of others

	volere
	to intend; plan on doing

	abietto
	Persona che manca di onore o di moralità o che sembra mancare di tali attributi.
	Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality.

	avere l'intenzione
	to intend; plan on doing

	comportare
	To have as a logical consequence.

	eccellente
	accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with

	fantasticò
	accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with

	favoloso
	accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with

	formidabile
	accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with

	furioso
	powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging

	gretto
	acting without consideration of others

	ignobile
	acting without consideration of others

	insignificante
	low in quality; inferior

	malevolo
	causing or intending to cause intentional harm

	maligno
	causing or intending to cause intentional harm

	malizioso
	Caratterizzato dalla malizia.
	Characterized by malice.

	mediocre
	low in quality; inferior

	pianificare
	Avere in mente qualcosa come proposito o intenzione.
	To have in mind as one's purpose or intention.

	portare
	to result in; bring about

	potente
	powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging

	sgarbato
	causing or intending to cause intentional harm

	spilorcio
	miserly, stingy

	taccagno
	miserly, stingy

	valore medio
	In matematica, una misura nel mezzo di un insieme di dati.
	In mathematics, a measure of the "middle" of a data set.

	villano
	Persona che manca di onore o di moralità o che sembra mancare di tali attributi.
	Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality.

	violento
	powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging

assegnare

avere

avere l’intenzione di

avido

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brutto

contare

crudele

destinare

dire

esoso

essere

implicare

indicare

intermedio

male

mirare

miserabile

misero

orrendo

orribile

osceno

parlare

pensare

perverso

piccino

piccolo

rappresentare

risorse

ristretto

spregevole

strumento

suonare

supporre

tirchio

vile

volere dire

Altri significati:

Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.

Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.

Miserly; stingy.

Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.

(now Irish, UK regional) To complain, lament.

To assign for a specific end, use, or purpose.

(now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result. [from 14th c.]

(obsolete) Middling in quality or excellence; moderately good, tolerable.

Low in quality; inferior.

To convey meaning.

Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.

(golden) mean

(music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument. [from 15th c.]

(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as '''2''' and '''3''' in '''1:2=3:6''' .

(now Irish, UK regional) To pity; to comfort.

Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. [from 14th c.]

(mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.

Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.

(obsolete, in singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.

To intend.

(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean. [from 15th c.]