{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "min" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/mean.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/mean.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English menen (“to intend; remember; lament; comfort”), from Old English mǣnan (“to mean, complain”), Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; complain”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyn- (“to think”), or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meyno-, extended form of Proto-Indo-European *mey-.\nGermanic cognates include West Frisian miene (“to deem, think”) (Old Frisian mēna (“to signify”)), Dutch menen (“to believe, think, mean”) (Middle Dutch menen (“to think, intend”)), German meinen (“to think, mean, believe”), Old Saxon mēnian. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish mían (“wish, desire”) and Polish mienić (“to signify, believe”). Related to moan.", "From Middle English mene, imene, from Old English mǣne, ġemǣne (“common, public, general, universal”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange, share”).\nCognate with West Frisian mien (“general, universal”), Dutch gemeen (“common, mean”), German gemein (“common, mean, nasty”), Danish gemen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains, “common, unclean”), Latin commūnis (“shared, common, general”) (Old Latin comoinem).", "From Middle English meene, borrowed from Old French meien (French moyen), Late Latin mediānus (“that is in the middle, middle”), from Latin medius (“middle”). Cognate with mid. For the musical sense, compare the cognate Italian mezzano. Doublet of median and mizzen." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To intend.", "submean": [ "(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. \nI didn't mean to knock your tooth out.\nI mean to go to Baddeck this summer.\nI meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.\nThe authors meant a challenge to the status quo.\n", "(intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind. \nDon't be angry; she meant well.", "(transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. \nActually this desk was meant for the subeditor.\nMan was not meant to question such things.", "(transitive) To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.\nYour reasoning seems needlessly abstruse, complex, and verbose for me. I mean, could you dumb it down for my sake?" ] }, { "mean": "To convey (a meaning).", "submean": [ "(transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea). \nThe sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?\n", "(transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify. \nWhat does this hieroglyph mean?\n", "(transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.\nI'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.\nHe is a little different, if you know what I mean." ] }, { "mean": "(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). \nDoes she really mean what she said to him last night?\nSay what you mean and mean what you say." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result). \nOne faltering step means certain death." }, { "mean": "(usually with to) To be of some level of importance.\nThat little dog meant everything to me.\nFormality and titles mean nothing in their circle." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(Ireland, UK regional) To lament." } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) Common; general." }, { "mean": "Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.\na man of mean parentage\na mean abode" }, { "mean": "Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.\nSynonyms: cheap, grotty; see also Thesaurus:low-quality\na mean appearance\na mean dress" }, { "mean": "Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.\nSynonyms: base, ignoble, selfish, unkind, vile\nAntonyms: lofty, noble, honorable\na mean motive\nIt was mean of you to steal that little girl's piggy bank." }, { "mean": "Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable." }, { "mean": "(chiefly UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:stingy\nHe's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children." }, { "mean": "Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating." }, { "mean": "Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.\nSynonyms: cruel, malicious, nasty\nWatch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose." }, { "mean": "Powerful; fierce; strong.\nSynonyms: harsh, damaging, fierce\nIt must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town." }, { "mean": "(colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.\nSynonyms: deft, skillful, top-notch\nYour mother can roll a mean cigarette.\nHe hits a mean backhand." }, { "mean": "(informal, often childish) Difficult, tricky.\nThis problem is mean!" } ] }, { "name": "Alternative_forms", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) myn" } ] }, { "name": "Adjective_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.\nThe mean family has 2.4 children." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result." }, { "mean": "(obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps." }, { "mean": "Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium." }, { "mean": "(music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument." }, { "mean": "(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean." }, { "mean": "(mathematics) 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." }, { "mean": "(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "mean at OneLook Dictionary Search\nmean in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "대체_양식", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "추가_판독", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(convey, signify, indicate): convey, indicate, signify", "(want or intend to convey): imply, mean to say", "(intend; plan on doing): intend", "(have conviction in what one says): be serious", "(have intentions of a some kind):", "(result in; bring about): bring about, cause, lead to, result in" ], "kor": [ "", "", "", "", "", "" ] } } }