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mean
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adjective
A1
UK /miːn/ US /min/
Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
UK
Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
Powerful; fierce; strong.
Hearty; spicy.
colloquial
Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
colloquial
Difficult, tricky.
childish, informal, often
Having the mean as its value; average.
Forms
comparative
meaner
superlative
meanest
Example sentences
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Take a mean position in everything.
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He is a mean fellow.
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mean
To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
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mean
A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
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