Phrase Hound found 119 phrases and 60 compound words that contain mean. The most common are listed below. Open mean in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 119
- what do you meanA request for clarification of an anterior statement or question.
- mean timeA mean (average) amount of time.
- geometric meanA measure of central tendency of a set of n values computed by extracting the nth root of the product of the values.
- arithmetic meanThe measure of central tendency of a set of values computed by dividing the sum of the values by their number.
- mean to sayTo imply or intend to convey with one's words; used to correct or clarify one's previous utterance, or to seek such clarification.
- how do you meanA request for clarification of what the listener just said.
- mean businessTo be serious, especially where achieving a specific end against opposition is concerned.
- golden meanA position of balance between excess and deficiency.
- mean girlA girl who tries to elevate her social status through bullying, especially at a high school.
- Mean value
- mean the world toTo be loved or cared about a great deal by.
- sample meanGiven a random sample mathbf x₁,…, mathbf x_N from an n-dimensional random variable mathbf X, a mean defined as
- mean value theoremThe theorem that for any real-valued function that is differentiable on an interval, there is a point in that interval where the derivative of the curve equals the slope of the straight line between the graphed function values at the …
- population meanThe mean (usually arithmetic, but possibly geometric) of all members of a population or all possible values from which a sample can be taken, as opposed to a sample mean.
- mean squareThe average of the squares of a set of numbers.
- Mean values
- Mean One
- Mean number
- if you know what I meanUsed to allude to something unsaid or hinted at.
- mean girlsplural of mean girl: A girl who tries to elevate her social status through bullying, especially at a high school.
- mean sunAn imaginary sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant rate equivalent to the real sun's average rate over the year, used in the calculation of solar time.
- mean wellTo have good intentions; to do with a noble or positive purpose in mind.
- mean streetsA district or set of locales in which there is a high incidence of poverty, crime, disrepair, antisocial behavior, or other adverse conditions.
- mean machineA fast car.
- you know what I meanYou are familiar with the situation I am describing; used to establish common ground with the interlocutor
Compound words 60
- meanwhileThe time between two events.
- meantimeThe time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
- meantsimple past and past participle of mean
- demeanTo debase; to lower; to degrade.
- ManleyA placename:
- meanlyHumbly, of or from low social status; basely.
- mingyMean, miserly, stingy.
- meanlessMeaningless, lacking meaning.
- meantoneA musical temperament that generates all non-octave intervals from a stack of identical perfect fifths all tuned flat from their just ratio of 3/2. When the amount of flattening makes the major and minor thirds appropriate sizes, the …
- meanfemSynonym of rudefem: A radical feminist who is blunt, confrontational, and sometimes abusive in their approach.