"mean well" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "means well",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meaning well",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meant well",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meant well",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "mean<,,meant> well"
      },
      "expansion": "mean well (third-person singular simple present means well, present participle meaning well, simple past and past participle meant well)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mean ill"
        }
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "These programs mean well, but they're just counterproductive.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have good intentions; to do with a noble or positive purpose in mind."
      ],
      "id": "en-mean_well-en-verb-iRAC8Ffv",
      "links": [
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "do with a positive intention",
          "word": "tarkoittaa hyvää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "do with a positive intention",
          "word": "vouloir bien faire"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "do with a positive intention",
          "word": "fare a fin di bene"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "do with a positive intention",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "chcieć dobrze"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mean well"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "means well",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meaning well",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meant well",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meant well",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "mean<,,meant> well"
      },
      "expansion": "mean well (third-person singular simple present means well, present participle meaning well, simple past and past participle meant well)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mean ill"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "These programs mean well, but they're just counterproductive.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have good intentions; to do with a noble or positive purpose in mind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intention",
          "intention"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "do with a positive intention",
      "word": "tarkoittaa hyvää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "do with a positive intention",
      "word": "vouloir bien faire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "do with a positive intention",
      "word": "fare a fin di bene"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "do with a positive intention",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "chcieć dobrze"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mean well"
}