mean
mean /miːn/ nghĩa là định, có ý định
Các nghĩa
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định, có ý định
To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
I didn't mean to knock your tooth out.
I mean to go to Arévalo in Spain this summer; I’ve been meaning to tell you for weeks, but I’ve just found the time.
I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.
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có ý định
To have as intentions of a given kind.
Don't be angry; she meant well.
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dành cho, định sẵn
To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.
Man was not meant to question such things.
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ý nói, ý là
To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.
Your reasoning seems needlessly abstruse, complex, and verbose for me. I mean, could you dumb it down for my sake?
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nghĩa là
To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?
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có nghĩa là
Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
What does this hieroglyph mean?
A term should be included if it’s likely that someone would run across it and want to know what it means.
+ 2 nghĩa khác
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ám chỉ, ngụ ý
Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
I’m afraid I don’t understand what you mean.
He’s a little different, if you know what I mean.
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nói thật, thành thật
To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
Does she really mean what she said to him last night?
Say what you mean and mean what you say.
Dạng khác
- means present, singular, third-person
- meaning participle, present
- meant participle, past
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