meant

[ ment ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mean1.

Other words from meant

  • half-meant, adjective
  • un·meant, adjective

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How to use meant in a sentence

  • He had more than half meant to drive horses to one of these useful affairs, but what if they were to be run by machinery?

    The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon Wilson
  • These words were half meant for the traveller, whom he was scrutinizing very suspiciously.

  • He spoke half in jest, yet he evidently more than half meant what he said.

    Name and Fame | Adeline Sergeant
  • When she laid her hand on his mouth to stop him, it was half meant as a caress.

    Barren Honour: A Novel | George A. Lawrence
  • I half meant to do it before, and now I've quite made up my mind.

    Strange Stories | Grant Allen

British Dictionary definitions for meant

meant

/ (mɛnt) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of mean 1

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