"mean" meaning in English

See mean in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /miːn/ Audio: en-us-mean.ogg [US] Forms: mean [positive], meaner [comparative], meanest [superlative]
enPR: mēn Head templates: {{adj|mean|meaner|meanest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you are a mean person, you are not nice.
    Sense id: simple-mean-en-adj-P7tYvZ1b

Noun

IPA: /miːn/ Audio: en-us-mean.ogg [US] Forms: mean [singular], means [plural]
enPR: mēn Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The mean is a measure of the average of a list of numbers. The sum total of the numbers divided by how many numbers in the list.
    Sense id: simple-mean-en-noun-kMmgXWy5

Verb

IPA: /miːn/ Audio: en-us-mean.ogg [US] Forms: mean [canonical], means [third-person, singular], meant [past], meant [past, participle], meaning [present, participle]
enPR: mēn Head templates: {{verb2|mean|means|meant|meant|meaning}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A word means something when the word expresses the same idea as the other something.
    Sense id: simple-mean-en-verb-hnSQMgcF
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