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mean
adjective
1. Common or poor in appearance; shabby: "The rowhouses had been darkened by the rain and looked meaner and grimmer than ever” ( Anne Tyler).
2. Cruel, spiteful, or malicious.
3. Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable: The meanest storm in years.
4. Humiliated or ashamed.
5. Ignoble; base: a mean motive.
idiom
1. By all means Without fail; certainly.
2. By any means In any way possible; to any extent: not by any means an easy opponent.
3. By means of With the use of; owing to: They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice.
4. By no means In no sense; certainly not: This remark by no means should be taken lightly.
5. Mean business Informal To be in earnest.
noun
1. A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
2. Great wealth: a woman of means.
3. Logic The middle term in a syllogism.
4. Mathematics A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.
5. Mathematics The average value of a set of numbers.
verb
1. To have in the mind as a purpose.
2. To design for or to a specified purpose or future.
3. To serve or intend to , show, or indicate.
4. To have importance to the degree of.
5. To direct to a particular individual.
verb-intransitive
1. To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed: They mean well but lack tact.
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mane | 6 |
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an | 2 |
em | 4 |
en | 2 |
ma | 4 |
me | 4 |
ne | 2 |
ae | 2 |
na | 2 |
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man | 5 |
nam | 5 |
nae | 3 |
men | 5 |
mae | 5 |
ane | 3 |
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mane | 6 |
mean | 6 |
amen | 6 |
name | 6 |
nema | 6 |