'Meant' definitions:
Definition of 'Meant'
From: GCIDE
- Mean \Mean\ (m[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meant (m[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Meaning.] [OE. menen, AS. m[=ae]nan to recite, tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. m[=e]nian to have in mind, mean, D. meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw. mena, Dan. mene, and to E. mind. [root]104. See Mind, and cf. Moan.]
- 1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do? [1913 Webster]
- What mean ye by this service ? --Ex. xii. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good. --Gen. 1. 20. [1913 Webster]
- I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not to mean it. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote. [1913 Webster]
- What mean these seven ewe lambs ? --Gen. xxi. 29. [1913 Webster]
- Go ye, and learn what that meaneth. --Matt. ix. 13. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'meant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advised,
- aimed,
- aimed at,
- assumed,
- calculated,
- conscious,
- considered,
- contemplated,
- deliberate,
- deliberated,
- designed,
- envisaged,
- envisioned,
- hinted,
- implicated,
- implied,
- indicated,
- inferred,
- intended,
- intentional,
- intimated,
- involved,
- knowing,
- meditated,
- of design,
- planned,
- presumed,
- presupposed,
- projected,
- proposed,
- purposed,
- purposeful,
- purposive,
- studied,
- suggested,
- supposed,
- teleological,
- voluntary,
- willful,
- witting