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81 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • mean v. To intend.
  • mean v. To convey (a meaning).
  • mean v. (Transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
  • mean v. (Transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
  • mean v. (Usually with to) To be of some level of importance.
  • mean v. (Ireland, UK regional) To lament.
  • mean adj. (Obsolete) Common; general.
  • mean adj. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
  • mean adj. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
  • mean adj. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
  • mean adj. Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
  • mean adj. (Chiefly UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
  • mean adj. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
  • mean adj. Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
  • mean adj. Powerful; fierce; strong.
  • mean adj. (Colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
  • mean adj. (Informal, often childish) Difficult, tricky.
  • mean adj. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
  • mean adj. (Obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
  • mean n. (Now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
  • mean n. (Obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
  • mean n. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
  • mean n. (Music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part…
  • mean n. (Statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the…
  • mean n. (Mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number…
  • mean n. (Mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
  • MEAN prop.n. (Web development) Acronym of MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, Node.js: a software stack for developing…
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Chinese
    • mean adj. (Hong Kong Cantonese) mean (unkind; offensive).
    • mean v. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to be mean towards someone.
  • Galician
    • meán n. Chain or strap that connects both rigid parts of a flail.
  • Irish
  • Manx
  • Scottish gaelic
    • mean adj. Little, tiny.
  • Tetum
— English words, defined in German —
  • mean S. Mathematik: das Ergebnis der Division einer Summe von Zahlen durch deren Anzahl.
  • mean S. Die Mitte zwischen Gegensätzen.
  • mean V. Etwas bestimmtes bezeichnen.
— English words, defined in Dutch —
  • mean w. Bedoelen.
  • mean bijv. Gemeen.
— English words, defined in French —
  • mean v. Signifier, vouloir dire.
  • mean v. Prévoir, avoir l’intention de. Note : Dans ce sens-là, intend est un synonyme.
  • mean v. Impliquer.
  • mean v. Être sérieux dans. Note d’usage : Le COD est ce que dit le sujet.
  • mean adj. Méchant, vilain, maudit.
  • mean adj. (Familier) Adroit, habile, formidable.
  • mean adj. (Vieilli) Moyen.
  • mean n. (Au pluriel) Moyen, méthode.
  • mean n. (Statistiques) Moyenne.
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • mean adj. Mezquino, tacaño, agarrado.
  • mean adj. Malo, malvado.
  • mean adj. Malhumorado.
  • mean adj. Humilde, pobre.
  • mean adj. Medio, que esta a la mitad, en la posición media.
  • mean adj. Promedio.
  • mean adj. Término medio.
  • mean s. Medio.
  • mean v. Tener la intención, tener pensado, tener planeado, querer decir, significar.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • mean adj. Maldoso, mau, cruel.
  • mean adj. Mesquinho.
  • mean adj. De baixa qualidade.
  • mean s. (Estatística⚠) média, medida da tendência central de uma distribuição de dados.
  • mean s. Meio ou método para se atingir um objetivo.
  • mean v. Querer dizer.
  • mean v. Significar.
  • mean v. Tencionar.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • mean s. (Statistica) (matematica) media.
  • mean s. Voler dire.
— In French —
  • méan n.m. (Saliculture) Cinquième réservoir d’un marais salant.
  • Méan n.prop.m. (Géographie) Section de la commune de Havelange en Belgique.
— In Spanish —
  • mean v. Tercera persona del plural (ellas, ellos; ustedes, 2.ª persona)…
188 English words from 45 English definitions

about Accomplished achieve Acronym action alto Anatomy and another Any average base bearing below both bring bring␣about calculated Cantonese cause central Centre certain Chain chiefly childish Colloquial common compete connects contemptible conventionally convey conviction course course␣of␣action deft degree despicable destitute developing development Difficult dignity Disobliging dividing Either Express expressed fierce fisted flail for function general given good grade great hard harm have Having historical Hong Hong␣Kong honour humble ill ill␣will importance inferior Informal intend Intending Interior intermediate in␣the␣middle␣of Ireland its Kong lament level little low low-minded Mathematics mean meaning medial medium method Mid middle Middling mind minded moderately multiple music Node noun now number numbers Obsolete of␣a offensive often one origin otherwise part parts pettily plural polyphonic poor Powerful presented produce properties proportion quality range Red regard regional result rigid said satisfies says see set shabby sincere singular skill software some someone something specifically spiritless stack Statistics step steps stingy strap strong successfully summing that the them three tight tight-fisted tiny together tolerable towards Transitive tricky two unaccommodating Ungenerous unkind used used␣to Usually value values variables waist Web Web␣development what which will with Without worth worthy yields zone

37 English words from 36 foreign definitions

Adroit a␣la central COD commune cruel dados dans das del der Die dire dit Division est formidable habile intend intention Malo marais media medio Mitte Note para persona plural que Section sens Signifier Summe synonyme Tener usage

89 foreign words from 36 foreign definitions

agarrado Anzahl atingir avoir baixa Bedoelen Belgique bestimmtes bezeichnen ce␣que Cinquième decir de␣la deren distribuição dizer durch d’usage einer ellas ellos Ergebnis esta Estatística Être Etwas Familier Gegensätzen Gemeen Géographie Havelange Humilde Impliquer intención Maldoso Malhumorado malvado marais␣salant matematica Mathematik mau maudit Méchant média medida Meio Mesquinho méthode método Mezquino mitad Moyen Moyenne objetivo pensado planeado pluriel pobre posición Prévoir Promedio qualidade querer querer␣decir réservoir salant Saliculture sérieux significar Statistica Statistiques sujet tacaño Tencionar tendência tener Tercera Tercera␣persona Término uma ustedes Vieilli vilain Voler von vouloir vouloir␣dire Zahlen zwischen

165 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

meane means Means meant meany Meany meaned meaner meanes Meaney meanie meanin' meanly mean'st mean␣to Meanys meander meänder meandry meaners meaness meanest meaneth Meaneys meanfem meanies meaning meanish Meanjin Meanley mean-mug Meanses meanspo meant␣to meanable meanders meänders meandric meanfems meangirl mean␣girl meanings meanless Meanleys meanlier meanling mean-mugs meanness meanship meantest +115 words

195 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

bemeans bemeant demeans Humeans McMeans Nemeans of␣means Rameans remeans remeant unmeans unmeant Vimeans Arameans bemeaned Carmeans Crimeans demeaned demeaner demeanor geomeans Idumeans permeant remeaned Thomeans trimeans bemeaning by␣means␣of by␣no␣means come␣and␣go Dahomeans demeaners demeanest demeaneth demeaning demeanors demeanour demeanure foremeant Humeanism McMeanses Nanumeans no␣means␣no permeance permeants remeaning semimeans unmeaning well-meant blue␣meanie +145 words

63 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

I␣mean bemean demean Humean Mamean Nemean Ramean remean Samean unmean Vimean Apamean Aramean Cadmean Carmean Crimean geomean Idumean mismean narmean Nouméan pigmean pygmean Thomean trimean basemean Dahomean Nanumean semimean Borromean grand␣mean intermean misdemean Ptolemean Santomean Sao␣Tomean São␣Toméan golden␣mean Mallarméan sample␣mean Barthelmean lean␣and␣mean absolute␣mean harmonic␣mean how␣do␣you␣mean knowhatimean rhizostomean weighted␣mean whaddayamean what␣does␣…␣mean +13 words

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ean EAN -ean e.An. MEA

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AEM NAE

18 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

amen Amen Eman Enma mane Mane -mane Mena MENA mnae name NAmE namé ñame neam NEMA -nema NMEA

122 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

admen ad-men ameen Ameen amend Amend amend. amene amens ament amine -amine anemo- anime ani antem ant'em Aomen Armen- axmen beman Beman deman Eamon Edman Ehman Ekman Elman enarm enema engma Enman Erman Eyman Ganem GenAm heman he-man I␣mean Kamen lamen leman Leman Maben Maden maine Maine maken Maken Mance -mance +71 words

38 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

AEM AmE AME AMN ANE -ane eam EAM ean EAN -ean e.An. ema EMA Mae MAE man Man MAN -man man. Man. MEA men Men MEN -men mna MNA NAE Nam NAM 'nam 'Nam N.␣Am. NEA NEM NMA

41 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bean Bean dean Dean gean Gean hean jean Jean Kean lean Lean mead Mead meak meal -meal mear meas meas. meat meaw Mein meon Meon Mern MERN MEVN Meyn Mian moan MYAN Myan. pean rean sean Sean Tean wean yean zean

15 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ean EAN -ean e.An. man Man MAN -man man. Man. MEA men Men MEN -men

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Medan meean Megan Mehan Melan


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