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meant
[ ment ]
/ mÉnt /
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verb
simple past tense and past participle of mean1. QUIZ
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OTHER WORDS FROM meant
half-meant, adjectiveun·meant, adjectiveWords nearby meant
meanspirited,
mean square,
mean square deviation,
means test,
mean sun,
meant,
meantime,
mean to,
meantone system,
mean-tone tuning,
mean value Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Words related to meant
coming,
designed,
doomed,
intended,
hidden,
implicit,
indirect,
latent,
lurking,
tacit,
unspoken,
calculated,
contracted,
expected,
planned,
predetermined,
promised,
proposed,
premeditated,
voluntary How to use meant in a sentence
Before purchasing, note that itâs more meant for blow drying, straightening, or creating big, full waves rather than tighter curls.
I meant no harm by it, but I remembered how this person talked, and I did it for my Mom and she was not into it.
Nothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.
Who knew that âwe shall overcomeâ meant âwe, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.â
The Moscow protest was not sanctioned, which meant every participant risked arrest.
In general, their presence is meant to throw you off your game by design.
This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
You never caredâyou were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.
He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.
That woman meant mischief, or she would never have dared to suggest that a British officer should throw in his lot with hers.
But, without telling me what she meant to do, mother took it all to the Casinoâandâit followed the rest.
British Dictionary definitions for meant
verb
the past tense and past participle of mean 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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