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  • past participle of mean.
  • past tense form of mean.
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meant

[ment] / mɛnt /






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That includes Starship, a 407-foot rocket meant to be eventually be fully reusable and to launch every hour.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

BATTAMBANG, Cambodia—Giving tiny loans to shoestring entrepreneurs was meant to be capitalism’s cure for global poverty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In April, the US and Iran agreed a ceasefire that was initially meant to last for two weeks.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The focus on automation is also meant to boost the competitiveness of Bosch's German factories and plug shortages of skilled labour.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The garden, meant to nurture, had become a deathtrap.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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