mean
verb (used with object)
to have in mind as one's purpose or intention.
am meaning
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present progressiveof mean (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I am meaning that not in a negative way. That is the way the world looks at it, but I look at it differently.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
I am meaning to build my small observatory and keep up a sort of apology for study—because I am too old to dare do nothing.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper
Sure Jeff I never am meaning anything real by what I just been saying.
From Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena by Gertrude Stein
I may seem to be flattering the sun, but I do not mean it so; I am meaning only to be just and fair all around.
From Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain
I am meaning someone whom you don't know all that well looking down on you.
From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
