Definition of Mean

Verb: mean (meant) meen

Have the intention to express or convey; have a particular sense or meaning
"You never understand what I mean!";
- intend
Have as a logical consequence
"The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers";
- entail, imply
Denote or connote
"'maison' means 'house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means";
- intend, signify, stand for
Have in mind as a purpose
"I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you";
- intend, think
Have a specified degree of importance
"My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
Intend to refer to
"Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!";
- think of, have in mind
Destine or designate for a certain purpose
"These flowers were meant for you"

Adjective: mean (meaner,meanest) meen

(statistics) approximating the statistical norm, average or expected value
"the mean annual rainfall";
- average
Characterized by malice
"in a mean mood";
- hateful
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honour or morality
"taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort";
- base, meanspirited
Excellent
"famous for a mean backhand"
Marked by poverty befitting a beggar
"a mean hut";
- beggarly
(used of persons or behaviour) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
"a mean person";
- mingy, miserly, tight
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- beggarly
Of no value or worth
"I was caught in the mean traffic";
- bastardly

Noun: mean meen

(statistics) an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
- mean value