mean to in English

Forms: means to [present, singular, third-person], meaning to [participle, present], meant to [participle, past], meant to [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|mean<,,meant> to}} mean to (third-person singular simple present means to, present participle meaning to, simple past and past participle meant to)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "means to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meaning to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meant to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meant to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "mean<,,meant> to"
      },
      "expansion": "mean to (third-person singular simple present means to, present participle meaning to, simple past and past participle meant to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "mean to say"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've been meaning to visit him for a while, but work has been busy."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To intend to."
      ],
      "id": "en-mean_to-en-verb-IqWeDcQc",
      "links": [
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ville"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "være meningen"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "skulle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mean to"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mean to say"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "means to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meaning to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meant to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meant to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mean<,,meant> to"
      },
      "expansion": "mean to (third-person singular simple present means to, present participle meaning to, simple past and past participle meant to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've been meaning to visit him for a while, but work has been busy."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To intend to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ville"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "være meningen"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "skulle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mean to"
}

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"mean to" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms