mean
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /miːn/US /miːn/
Meaning
verb
to have something as a meaning in the same or another language
“mean something, What does this sentence mean?”
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“I mean, we really want to wake up in the morning”
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“frster um certainly I mean the essence”
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“um now before um I mean you you went to”
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