- mean
- [miːn]
1. adj
(with money) skąpy; (unkind) person, trick podły; (US, inf) (vicious) person, animal złośliwy; (shabby) nędzny; (average) średni2. vt; pt, pp meant(signify) znaczyć, oznaczać; (refer to)
do you mean it? — mówisz poważnie?
what do you mean? — co masz na myśli?
to be meant for sb — być przeznaczonym dla kogoś
to be meant for sth — być stworzonym do czegoś
I thought you meant her — sądziłem, że miałeś na myśli ją; (intend)
3. n, pl meansto mean to do sth — zamierzać or mieć zamiar coś zrobić
(average) średnia fby means of sth — za pomocą czegoś
by all means! — jak najbardziej!
- means* * *[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skąpy2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) podły, małostkowy3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) złośliwy4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) ubogi, nędzny•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) średni2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) przeciętny2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) średnia, środekIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) znaczyć2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) zamierzać•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) znaczący- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well
English-Polish dictionary. 2013.