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[mee-ning] 
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mean
[meen]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, convey |
| Synonyms: | add up, adumbrate, allude, allude to, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, hint at, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, point to, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, speak of, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, tell the meaning of, touch on |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message, signification |
| Synonyms: | acceptation, allusion, bearing, bottom line, connotation, content, context, definition, denotation, drift, effect, essence, explanation, force, gist, heart*, hint, implication, import, interpretation, intimation, meat, name of the game, nature of beast, nitty-gritty, nuance, nuts and bolts, pith, point, purport, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, suggestion, symbolization, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, use, value, worth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intention, aim |
| Synonyms: | animus, design, end, goal, idea, intent, interest, object, plan, point, purpose, trend |
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| Main Entry: | meaning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
meaning, alike, allegorical, allusive, ambiguous, amphibological, amphibolous, anagogical, antonymous, catachrestical, colloquial, correspondent, corresponding, declaratory, delphic, dilogical, equipollent, equivalent, equivocal, exact, explicit, expressive, figurative, full of meaning, hermenutic, homonymous, horrent, identical, intelligible, interchangeable, ironical, jussive, linsey, literatim, lucid, metaphorical, of similar meaning, of the same meaning, parabolic, perspicuous, pithy, pregnant with meaning, same, significant, significative, significatory, similar, suggestive, synonymic, synonymous, tantamount, tralatitious, typical
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| Concept: | Mean. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
mean, medium, intermedium, average, balance, mediocrity, generality; median, mode; golden mean (mid-course) [more]; middle; compromise; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
-verbs
split the difference; take the average; reduce to a mean; strike a balance, pair off.
-adjectives
mean, intermediate; middle; average; neutral; mediocre, middle-class; commonplace (unimportant).
-adverbs
on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis, in round numbers.
-phrases
medium tenuere beati.
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| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, approach, approximate, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, become, check with, come to, correspond, develop into, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | bearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance |
| Synonyms: | application, connection, import, meaning, pertinence, reference, relation, relevance, weight |
| Main Entry: | connotation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | implication |
| Synonyms: | association, coloring, essence, hint, meaning, nuance, overtone, significance, suggestion, undertone |
| Antonyms: | denotation |
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