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mɛntmeant

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Meantperf. and part. pass. of to mean.

    By Silvia if thy charming self be meant;
    If friendship be thy virgin vows extent:
    O! let me in Aminta’s praises join;
    Her’s my esteem shall be, my passion thine. Matthew Prior.

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  1. meant

    The general definition of "meant" is intended or designed for a specific purpose or to convey a particular message or idea. It refers to something that is done or said with a deliberate intention or a certain significance behind it.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Meant

    of Mean

  2. Meant

    imp. & p. p. of Mean

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Meant

    pa.t. and pa.p. of mean (v.t.).

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'meant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #911

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'meant' in Written Corpus Frequency: #800

Anagrams for meant »

  1. manet

  2. Manet

  3. ament

  4. teman

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of meant in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of meant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of meant in a Sentence

  1. Marilyn Monroe:

    The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

  2. Andy Murray:

    It's not up to me to decide the punishment, but if you're taking performance enhancing drugs and you fail a drugs test, you have to get suspended, if you're taking a prescription drug and you're not using it for what that drug was meant for, then you don't need it, so you're just using it for the performance enhancing benefits that drug is giving you. And I don't think that that's right.

  3. Donald Trump:

    You weren't meant to do that, don't sit yet. President Donald Trump're going to like this.

  4. Mark Coggins, "The Immortal Game" (novel):

    Einstein said that God does not play dice with the universe. He was right, but not in the way he meant. God doesn't play dice with the universe because the universe doesn't need him. The craps table is set up and running. Whether or not God put it there is besides the point.

  5. Emma Straub:

    I was way less Emma Straub than I had been beforehand, once I did understand the consequences then I was far more able to deal with them. It meant also that I had that material available for conscious thematic use.

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