meant
Americanverb
verb
Other Word Forms
- half-meant adjective
- unmeant adjective
Example Sentences
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Kerstin Rudd said the delay meant that if there had been any evidence of what happened that night it had been "washed away with the rain or whatever".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
A “hostility to the old Anglo-Saxon establishment,” Mr. Wooldridge writes, has meant traditional values are rejected wholesale and every intellectual discipline is deconstructed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Strategists figured it better to get out front of the chatter and address the online innuendo, even if it meant exposing the allegations to a much wider audience.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Torero warned the bottleneck in marine traffic since the conflict began on February 28 meant even if Hormuz were to reopen immediately "infrastructure damage is not fully reversible in the short term."
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The hogs had clearly gotten in too, and that meant fleas.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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