mean to

Idioms  

1. Intend to, as in I meant to go running this morning but got up too late, or I'm sorry I broke it—I didn't mean to. This idiom was first recorded in 1560.

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Example Sentences

What does it mean to you to be receiving this career achievement award for excellence in television?

From Los Angeles Times

What does it mean to have played such an iconic character on such an iconic show?

From Los Angeles Times

What does it mean to label a call for equality “antisemitic”? Let us interrogate this accusation.

From Slate

"He didn't mean to hurt me," he said.

From BBC

In a consideration of “what Jews mean to America,” Rabbi Soloveichik quotes Jonathan Sacks, the British rabbi: “Israel, ancient and modern, and the United States are the two supreme examples of societies constructed in conscious pursuit of an idea.”

From The Wall Street Journal