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mean

/min/ adjective C2
  1. Having the mean as its value; average. · The mean family has 2.4 children.
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“Well, then, with the first money I touch, I mean you to have a small house, with a garden in which to plant clematis, nasturtiums, and honeysuckle.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 13 · C1
“What do you mean?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 19 · C1
What else can a strapping chap of twenty-one mean with a fine wench of seventeen?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 20 · C1
Marilla really did not know how to talk to the child, and her uncomfortable ignorance made her crisp and curt when she did not mean to be.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 39 · C1

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