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Definitions for Meant

[1] simple past tense and past participle of mean1.
[2] to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work.
[3] to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other.
[4] to intend to express or indicate: What do you mean by “liberal”?
[5] to have as its sense or signification; signify: The word “freedom” means many things to many people.
[6] to bring, cause, or produce as a result: This bonus means that we can take a trip to Florida.
[7] to have (certain intentions) toward a person: He didn't mean you any harm.
[8] to have the value of; assume the importance of: Money means everything to them. She means the world to him.
[9] to be minded or disposed; have intentions: Beware, she means ill, despite her solicitous manner.
[10] the past tense and past participle of mean 1
[11] (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to intend to convey or express
[12] (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) intend she didn't mean to hurt it
[13] (may take a clause as object) to say or do in all seriousness the boss means what he says about strikes
[14] (often passive often foll by for ) to destine or design (for a certain person or purpose) she was meant for greater things
[15] (may take a clause as object) to denote or connote; signify; represent examples help show exactly what a word means
[16] (may take a clause as object) to produce; cause the weather will mean long traffic delays
[17] (may take a clause as object) to foretell; portend those dark clouds mean rain
[18] to have the importance of money means nothing to him
[19] (intr) to have the intention of behaving or acting (esp in the phrases mean well or mean ill )
[20] mean business to be in earnest
[21] mainly British miserly, ungenerous, or petty
[22] humble, obscure, or lowly he rose from mean origins to high office
[23] despicable, ignoble, or callous a mean action
[24] poor or shabby mean clothing ; a mean abode
[25] informal , mainly US and Canadian bad-tempered; vicious
[26] informal ashamed he felt mean about not letting the children go to the zoo
[27] informal , mainly US unwell; in low spirits
[28] slang excellent; skilful he plays a mean trombone
[29] no mean of high quality no mean performer difficult no mean feat
[30] the middle point, state, or course between limits or extremes
[31] moderation
[32] maths the second and third terms of a proportion, as b and c in a/b = c/d another name for average (def. 2) See also geometric mean
[33] statistics a statistic obtained by multiplying each possible value of a variable by its probability and then taking the sum or integral over the range of the variable
[34] intermediate or medium in size, quantity, etc
[35] occurring halfway between extremes or limits; average

Words related to Meant

represent, suggest, spell, say, portend, involve, indicate, imply, promise, determine, propose, make, aim, design, expect, want, anticipate, plan, herald, argue

Words nearby Meant

means grass, means of production, means test, means-test, meanspirited, meant, meantime, meantone system, meanwhile, meany, mear

Origin of Meant

1before 900; Middle English menen, Old English mǣnan; cognate with German meinen, Dutch meenen

Words that may be confused with Meant

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, meanmean, mien

Other words from Meant

half-meant , adjective
un·meant , adjective

Word origin for Meant

C14: via Anglo-Norman from Old French moien, from Late Latin mediānus median

Synonyms for Meant

determine, imply, indicate, involve, portend, promise, represent, say, spell, suggest, adumbrate, allude, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, import, intimate, name, presage, purport, symbolize, add up, allude to, drive at, hint at, point to, speak of, stand for, tell the meaning of, touch on