"what do you mean" meaning in English

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Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=what do you mean?}} what do you mean?
  1. A request for clarification of an anterior statement or question. Translations (what do you mean? (request for clarification)): 你這是什麼意思? (Chinese Mandarin), 你这是什么意思? (nǐ zhè shì shénme yìsi) (Chinese Mandarin), mitä tarkoitat? (Finnish), que quere dicir? (Galician), was meinst du? (German), מה זה אומר? (ma ze omér?) (Hebrew), מה זאת אומרת? (ma zot oméret) (Hebrew), מה אתה אומר? (ma atá omér?) (Hebrew), מה את אומרת? (ma at oméret?) (Hebrew), hogy érted? [informal] (Hungarian), mire gondolsz? (Hungarian), hogy érti? [formal] (Hungarian), mire gondol? (Hungarian), cioè? (Italian), weh yuh a try seh? (Jamaican Creole), どういうことですか? (dō iu koto desu ka?) (Japanese), منظورت چیست؟ (manzuret čist?) (Persian), co masz na myśli (Polish), o co chodzi [informal] (Polish), o que você quer dizer? (Portuguese), como assim? (Portuguese), что Вы имеете в виду? (što Vy imejete v vidu?) [formal] (Russian), что ты имеешь в виду? (što ty imeješʹ v vidu?) [familiar] (Russian), в смысле (v smysle) [informal] (Russian), ¿a qué te refieres? (Spanish), ¿qué quieres decir? (Spanish), ¿a qué se refiere? (Spanish), ¿qué quiere decir? (Spanish), vad menar du? (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-what_do_you_mean-en-phrase-eOsxT-L5 Disambiguation of 'what do you mean? (request for clarification)': 91 9
  2. An expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement. Translations (expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement): miten niin (Finnish), como assim? (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-what_do_you_mean-en-phrase-2zrWfheZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasebook Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement': 7 93

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          "roman": "manzuret čist?",
          "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
          "word": "منظورت چیست؟"
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          "text": "What do you mean it was all my fault?"
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      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "你這是什麼意思?"
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      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
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      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
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      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "cioè?"
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      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "weh yuh a try seh?"
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      "roman": "dō iu koto desu ka?",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "どういうことですか?"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "manzuret čist?",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "منظورت چیست؟"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "co masz na myśli"
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      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
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      "word": "o co chodzi"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "o que você quer dizer?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "como assim?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "što Vy imejete v vidu?",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "что Вы имеете в виду?"
    },
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      "roman": "što ty imeješʹ v vidu?",
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      "word": "что ты имеешь в виду?"
    },
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      "roman": "v smysle",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
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      "word": "в смысле"
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      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "¿a qué te refieres?"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "¿qué quieres decir?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "¿a qué se refiere?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "¿qué quiere decir?"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "what do you mean? (request for clarification)",
      "word": "vad menar du?"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement",
      "word": "miten niin"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement",
      "word": "como assim?"
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}

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