MEAN


Meaning of MEAN in English

I.

verb

Mean is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ expression , ↑ move , ↑ name , ↑ sign , ↑ symbol , ↑ term , ↑ word

Mean is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ death , ↑ difference , ↑ disaster , ↑ end , ↑ harm , ↑ increase , ↑ reduction , ↑ ruin , ↑ sacrifice , ↑ saving , ↑ thing , ↑ trouble

II.

adj.

1 unkind

VERBS

▪ be , feel , seem

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

That was a pretty ~ trick.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

He's so ~ to his mother!

2 ( BrE ) not generous

VERBS

▪ be , seem

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

I thought it was really ~ of him not to pay for the meal.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

He's a little ~ when it comes to spending money on the children.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

She's very ~ with her money.

Mean is used with these nouns: ↑ achievement , ↑ distance , ↑ duration , ↑ feat , ↑ increase , ↑ number , ↑ percentage , ↑ score , ↑ size , ↑ snowfall , ↑ spirit , ↑ streak , ↑ street , ↑ temperature , ↑ trick , ↑ velocity , ↑ weight

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .