meant
simple past tense and past participle of mean1.
Other words from meant
- half-meant, adjective
- un·meant, adjective
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How to use meant in a sentence
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The best hot air brushes for any head of hair | Jackson Cooper | September 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI meant no harm by it, but I remembered how this person talked, and I did it for my Mom and she was not into it.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTNothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWho knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”
One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem | Danielle Belton | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Moscow protest was not sanctioned, which meant every participant risked arrest.
In general, their presence is meant to throw you off your game by design.
This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylYou never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.
Confidence | Henry JamesHe could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThat woman meant mischief, or she would never have dared to suggest that a British officer should throw in his lot with hers.
The Red Year | Louis TracyBut, without telling me what she meant to do, mother took it all to the Casino—and—it followed the rest.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. Williamson
British Dictionary definitions for meant
/ (mɛnt) /
the past tense and past participle of mean 1
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