meant

CEFRA2

/mɛnt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past tense of mean: intended or had a particular meaning.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of mean

Examples

  • Humans were never meant to live forever.

  • I couldn't make out what he meant by 'megafeps'.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • I meant no harm.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The sign on the door blank that the road was closed and we had to go back.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English ment, mente, from Old English mǣnde, mǣndon, etc. Equivalent to mean + -t.