"demean" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈmiːn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-demean.wav [UK] Forms: demeans [plural]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|demenen|demenen, demeinen}} Middle English demenen, demeinen, {{der|en|xno|demener}} Anglo-Norman demener, {{der|en|fro|demener}} Old French demener, {{m|fro|de-}} de-, {{m|fro|mener||to conduct, lead}} mener (“to conduct, lead”), {{der|en|la|mino|mināre}} Latin mināre, {{m|la|minor|minārī|to threaten}} minārī (“to threaten”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} demean (usually uncountable, plural demeans)
  1. (obsolete) Management; treatment. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually Translations (management; treatment): beheer (Dutch), behandeling (Dutch), kohtelu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-demean-en-noun-azVGTa9R Disambiguation of 'management; treatment': 100 0
  2. (obsolete) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually Translations (behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor): държание (dǎržanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gedrag (Dutch), houding (Dutch), käytös (Finnish), поведінка (povedinka) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-demean-en-noun-I4waYIpL Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 9 14 10 12 7 6 9 8 11 14 Disambiguation of 'behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: demeanor
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈmiːn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-demean.wav [UK] Forms: demeans [plural]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: Variant of demesne. Etymology templates: {{m|en|demesne}} demesne Head templates: {{en-noun}} demean (plural demeans)
  1. demesne.
    Sense id: en-demean-en-noun-juq6L7cr
  2. resources; means.
    Sense id: en-demean-en-noun-kJR9mpSi Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 9 14 10 12 7 6 9 8 11 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈmiːn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-demean.wav [UK] Forms: demeans [present, singular, third-person], demeaning [participle, present], demeaned [participle, past], demeaned [past]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: (1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|mean|t2=lowly, base, common}} de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), {{der|en|enm|mene}} Middle English mene, {{m|enm|imene|t=mean, base, common}} imene (“mean, base, common”), {{der|en|ang|ġemǣne|t=mean, common}} Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”), {{noncog|en|bemean}} English bemean Head templates: {{en-verb}} demean (third-person singular simple present demeans, present participle demeaning, simple past and past participle demeaned)
  1. To debase; to lower; to degrade. Translations (to debase): унижавам (unižavam) (Bulgarian), alentaa (Finnish), halventaa (Finnish), herabwürdigen (German), entwürdigen (German), erniedrigen (German), herabsetzen (German), 貶める (otoshimeru) (Japanese), whakatūtūā (Maori), whakatautauhea (Maori), whakapāpaku (Maori)
    Sense id: en-demean-en-verb-mSvOxWnz Disambiguation of 'to debase': 79 16 5
  2. To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
    Sense id: en-demean-en-verb-nbsMY2Ce
  3. To mortify.
    Sense id: en-demean-en-verb-0J23LnQQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: debase, lower, degrade
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈmiːn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-demean.wav [UK] Forms: demeans [present, singular, third-person], demeaning [participle, present], demeaned [participle, past], demeaned [past]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|demenen|demenen, demeinen}} Middle English demenen, demeinen, {{der|en|xno|demener}} Anglo-Norman demener, {{der|en|fro|demener}} Old French demener, {{m|fro|de-}} de-, {{m|fro|mener||to conduct, lead}} mener (“to conduct, lead”), {{der|en|la|mino|mināre}} Latin mināre, {{m|la|minor|minārī|to threaten}} minārī (“to threaten”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} demean (third-person singular simple present demeans, present participle demeaning, simple past and past participle demeaned)
  1. (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat. Tags: obsolete Translations (to manage; to conduct; to treat): gedragen (Dutch), behandelen (Dutch), käyttäytyä (Finnish), behandeln (German), führen (German), conducir (Spanish), gestionar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-demean-en-verb-L87nx3VD Disambiguation of 'to manage; to conduct; to treat': 85 15
  2. (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun. Tags: archaic Translations (to conduct; to behave; to comport): държа се (dǎrža se) (Bulgarian), käyttäytyä (Finnish), benehmen (German), verhalten (German), führen (German), aufführen (German) Translations (to humble, humble oneself; to humiliate): унижавам (unižavam) (Bulgarian), nöyrtyä (Finnish), kleinmachen (German), demütigen (German), erniedrigen (German) Translations (to mortify): häpäistä (Finnish), beschämen (German)
    Sense id: en-demean-en-verb-YuyOHYnK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 3 10 3 2 2 2 32 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 20 4 13 3 2 3 3 28 21 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 6 16 6 11 4 4 6 5 26 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 9 14 10 12 7 6 9 8 11 14 Disambiguation of 'to conduct; to behave; to comport': 24 76 Disambiguation of 'to humble, humble oneself; to humiliate': 22 78 Disambiguation of 'to mortify': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to debase; to lower; to degrade): neerhalen (Dutch), vernederen (Dutch), alentaa (Finnish), halventaa (Finnish), vähätellä (Finnish), erniedrigen (German), herabwürdigen (German), herabsetzen (German), svilire (Italian), degradar (Spanish), menospreciar (Spanish), humillar (Spanish)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'to debase; to lower; to degrade': 49 51

Verb

IPA: /ˌdiːˈmiːn/, /dɪˈmiːn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demean2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-demean.wav [UK] Forms: demeans [present, singular, third-person], demeaning [participle, present], demeaned [participle, past], demeaned [past]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: table de- + mean Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|subtract}} table, {{affix|en|de-|mean}} de- + mean Head templates: {{en-verb}} demean (third-person singular simple present demeans, present participle demeaning, simple past and past participle demeaned)
  1. (statistics, transitive) To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a data set). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-demean-en-verb-PcrF88kg Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 9 14 10 12 7 6 9 8 11 14 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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          "word": "conducir"
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          "roman": "unižavam",
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          "word": "унижавам"
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          "word": "kleinmachen"
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          "word": "demütigen"
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          "word": "erniedrigen"
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          "word": "verhalten"
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          "word": "führen"
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          "sense": "to conduct; to behave; to comport",
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