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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   mean

   • IPA[mēn]

   美式

   • v.
     intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify；(of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language

   • verb: mean, 3rd person present: means, gerund or present participle: meaning, past tense: meant, past participle: meant

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify I don't know what you mean he was asked to clarify what his remarks meant 同義詞 signify, convey, denote, designate, indicate, ... 更多connote, show, express, spell out, stand for, represent, symbolize, imply, purport, suggest, allude to, intimate, hint at, insinuate, drive at, refer to, informalget at, literarybetoken
   • ▪ (of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language its name means “painted rock” in Cherokee
   • ▪ genuinely intend to convey or express (something) when she said that before, she meant it
   • ▪ be of some specified importance to (someone), especially as a source of benefit or object of affection animals have always meant more to him than people
   • 2. intend (something) to occur or be the case they mean no harm it was meant to be a secret 同義詞 intend, aim, plan, design, have in mind, ... 更多have in view, contemplate, think of, purpose, propose, have plans, set out, aspire, desire, want, wish, expect
   • ▪ be supposed or intended to do something we were meant to go over yesterday
   • ▪ design or destine for a particular purpose the jacket was meant for a much larger person 同義詞 destine, predestine, fate, preordain, ordain, ... 更多intend, design
   • ▪ have as a motive or excuse in explanation what do you mean by leaving me out here in the cold? 同義詞 matter, have importance, have significance, be important, be significant, ... 更多have an input on
   • 3. have as a consequence or result the proposals are likely to mean another hundred closures heavy rain meant that the ground was waterlogged 同義詞 entail, involve, necessitate, lead to, result in, ... 更多give rise to, bring about, cause, engender, produce, effect
   • ▪ necessarily or usually entail or involve coal stoves mean a lot of smoke

   片語

   • I mean
   • if you know what I mean
   • mean to say
   • mean well