Mean vs. Selfish
Meanverb
To intend.
Meanverb
(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
Meanverb
(intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind.
Meanverb
To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
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To convey meaning.
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(transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
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(transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
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(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
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(transitive) To result in; to bring about.
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(transitive) To be important (to).
Meanverb
To lament.
Meanadjective
(obsolete) Common; general.
Meanadjective
Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
Meanadjective
Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
Meanadjective
Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
Meanadjective
Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
Meanadjective
Ungenerous; stingy, tightfisted; North American English: cheap; formal: niggardly, penurious, miserly.
Meanadjective
Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
Meanadjective
Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
Meanadjective
Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
Meanadjective
Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
Meanadjective
Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
Meanadjective
Difficult, tricky.
Meanadjective
Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
Meanadjective
(obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
Meannoun
A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
Meannoun
An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
Meannoun
Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
Meannoun
The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
Meannoun
(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
Meannoun
(mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
Meannoun
(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
Meanverb
To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?
Meanverb
To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
Meanverb
To have a purpose or intention.
Meanadjective
Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.
Meanadjective
Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
Meanadjective
Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
Meanadjective
Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
Meanadjective
Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
Meanadjective
Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
Meanadjective
Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
Meanadjective
Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
Meannoun
That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
Meannoun
A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the nth root of the product of the n quantities being averaged.
Meannoun
That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
Meannoun
Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
Meannoun
A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
Meannoun
Meantime; meanwhile.
Meannoun
A mediator; a go-between.
Meannoun
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Meanverb
mean or intend to express or convey;
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have as a logical consequence;
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denote or connote;
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have in mind as a purpose;
Meanverb
have a specified degree of importance;
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intend to refer to;
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destine or designate for a certain purpose;
Meanadjective
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;
Meanadjective
characterized by malice;
Meanadjective
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
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excellent;
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marked by poverty befitting a beggar;
Meanadjective
used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;
Meanadjective
used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt
Meanverb
intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify
Meanverb
(of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language
Meanverb
genuinely intend to express (something)
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be of a specified degree of importance to (someone)
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intend (something) to occur or be the case
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be supposed to do something
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design or destine for a particular purpose
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have something as a motive or explanation in saying or doing
Meanverb
be generally considered to be
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have as a consequence or result
Meanverb
necessarily or usually entail or involve
Meanadjective
unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous
Meanadjective
unkind, spiteful, or unfair
Meanadjective
vicious or aggressive in behaviour
Meanadjective
(especially of a place) poor in quality and appearance; shabby
Meanadjective
(of a person's mental capacity or understanding) inferior
Meanadjective
of low birth or social class
Meanadjective
very skilful or effective; excellent
Meanadjective
(of a quantity) calculated as a mean; average
Meanadjective
equally far from two extremes
Meannoun
the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average
Meannoun
a condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite extremes
Mean
There are several kinds of mean in mathematics, especially in statistics: For a data set, the arithmetic mean, also known as average or arithmetic average, is a central value of a finite set of numbers: specifically, the sum of the values divided by the number of values. The arithmetic mean of a set of numbers x1, x2, ..., xn is typically denoted by x ¯ {\displaystyle {\bar {x}}} .
Selfishadjective
Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
Selfishadjective
Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
Selfishadjective
Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.
Selfishadjective
Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
Selfishadjective
concerned chiefly or only with yourself;
