verb Download 🔗Share To lament. Examples : "My grandmother often meant about the old days, remembering her childhood friends with sadness. " emotion soul essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To convey (a meaning). Examples : "The teacher meant to say "difficult," not "different." " communication language word essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). Examples : "Does she really mean what she said to him last night?" attitude character communication moral value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result). Examples : "One faltering step means certain death." outcome action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (usually with to) To be of some level of importance. Examples : "Formality and titles mean nothing in their circle." value attitude essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Common; general. Examples : "The mean temperature for this time of year is usually quite mild. " language word essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble. Examples : "a man of mean parentage / a mean abode" quality character value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base. Examples : "a mean motive" character attitude moral mind essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable. Examples : "His comments about the project were quite mean; nobody respected his opinion. " character moral attitude value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result. Examples : "The school's new means for improving student attendance included offering extra help sessions and rewards. " way action achievement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps. Examples : "The project required several means to complete the final presentation. " way essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. Examples : "The mean temperature for the week was 70 degrees Fahrenheit. " math statistics number value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument. Examples : "The choir director asked the sopranos and altos to focus on the mean during the practice session. " music essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean. Examples : "The mean score on the math test was 85. " math statistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency. Examples : "The mean score on the math quiz was 85. " math statistics number essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6. Examples : "The mean of the two test scores, 85 and 92, is 88. " math number essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having the mean (see noun below) as its value. Examples : "The average score on the math test was 85, making it the mean score. " math statistics number value essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable. Examples : "The student's performance in the exam was quite mean; not excellent, but satisfactory. " quality value condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading