mean

[miːn] 1. adj

(with money) skąpy; (unkind) person, trick podły; (US, inf) (vicious) person, animal złośliwy; (shabby) nędzny; (average) średni

2. 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)

to mean to do sth — zamierzać or mieć zamiar coś zrobić

3. n, pl means

(average) średnia f

by means of sth — za pomocą czegoś

by all means! — jak najbardziej!

- means

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[mi:n] I adjective

1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skąpy

2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) podły, małostkowy

3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) złośliwy

4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) ubogi, nędzny

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- meanly

- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective

1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) średni

2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) przeciętny

2. noun

(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) średnia, środek

III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb

1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) znaczyć

2) (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

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- meaning

2. 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

- meaningful

- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well