"mean the world to" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-mean the world to.ogg Forms: means the world to [present, singular, third-person], meaning the world to [participle, present], meant the world to [participle, past], meant the world to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|mean<,,meant> the world to}} mean the world to (third-person singular simple present means the world to, present participle meaning the world to, simple past and past participle meant the world to)
  1. (idiomatic) To be loved or cared about a great deal by. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: mean everything to, mean the whole world to Translations (Translations): przesłaniać cały świat [imperfective] (Polish), przesłonić cały świat [perfective] (Polish), significar todo para (Spanish), significar el mundo para (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mean_the_world_to-en-verb-m~TV6tSv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 96 4
  2. (idiomatic) To be of great importance to someone. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-mean_the_world_to-en-verb-HCJZp4lI

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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