mean

Meanings

To intend.
To convey (a meaning).
To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
To be of some level of importance.
To lament.

Common; general.
Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating
Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another
Powerful; fierce; strong
Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
Difficult, tricky.
Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.

(convey, signify, indicate): convey, indicate, signify
(want or intend to convey): imply, mean to say
(intend; plan on doing): intend
(have conviction in what one says): be serious
(have intentions of a some kind):
(result in; bring about): bring about, cause, lead to, result in
(intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise): cruel, malicious, nasty, spiteful
(low-minded; acting without consideration of others): base, ignoble, selfish, unkind, vile
(powerful): damaging, fierce, harsh, strong
(accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with): deft, skilful (UK), skillful (US), top-notch
(inferior): cheap, grotty , inferior, low-quality, naff (UK slang), rough and ready, shoddy, tacky

From Middle English menen ("to intend; remember; lament; comfort"), from Old English mǣnan ("to mean, signify; lament"), Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną ("to mean, think; lament"), from Proto-Indo-European *meyn- ("to think"), or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meyno-, extended form of Proto-Indo-European *mey-.
Germanic cognates include West Frisian miene ("to deem, think") (Old Frisian mēna), Dutch menen ("to believe, think, mean") (Middle Dutch menen), German meinen, Old Saxon mēnian. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish mían ("wish, desire") and Polish mienić. Related to moan.
From Middle English mene, imene, from Old English mǣne, ġemǣne, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz ("common"), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ("to change, exchange, share").
Cognate with West Frisian mien ("general, universal"), Dutch gemeen ("common, mean"), German gemein ("common, mean, nasty"), Danish gemen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 ("common, unclean"), Latin commūnis ("shared, common, general") (Old Latin comoinem).
From Middle English meene, borrowed from Old French meien (French moyen), Late Latin mediānus ("that is in the middle, middle"), from Latin medius ("middle"). Cognate with mid. For the musical sense, compare the cognate Italian mezzano. median, and mizzen.

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