Meen vs. Mean: What's the Difference?

Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Published on October 27, 2023
"Meen" is an incorrect spelling of the word "Mean," which can denote intention, represent an average, or describe something as unkind.

Which is correct: Meen or Mean
How to spell Mean?

Meen is Incorrect

Mean is Correct
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Key Differences
Remember "Mean" as the average of numbers, not "Meen".

Sawaira Riaz
Oct 27, 2023
"Mean" can sound unkind, while "Meen" just sounds wrong.

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Oct 27, 2023
Always think "ea" as in "easy" when spelling "Mean".

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Oct 27, 2023
"Meen" doesn’t mean anything in English.

Sara Rehman
Oct 27, 2023
Think of the phrase "by any means necessary", not "by any meens necessary".

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Oct 27, 2023
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Meen and Mean Definitions
Mean
To be used to convey; denote
"'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things'" (Lewis Carroll).

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Oct 08, 2023
Mean
To act as a symbol of; signify or represent
In this poem, the budding flower means youth.

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Mean
To intend to convey or indicate
"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous" (Henry Adams).

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Oct 08, 2023
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Mean
To have as a purpose or an intention; intend
I meant to go running this morning, but I overslept.

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Mean
To design, intend, or destine for a certain purpose or end
A building that was meant for storage.
A student who was meant to be a scientist.

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Mean
To have the importance or value of
The opinions of the critics meant nothing to him. She meant so much to me.

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Mean
To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed
They mean well but lack tact.

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Mean
Lacking in kindness; unkind
The teacher was not being mean in asking you to be quiet.

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Mean
Cruel, spiteful, or malicious
A mean boy who liked to make fun of others.

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Mean
Something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium.

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Mean
A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.

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Mean
Means (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.

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Mean
(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
I didn't mean to knock your tooth out.
I mean to go to Baddeck this summer.
I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.
The authors meant a challenge to the status quo.

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Mean
(intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind.
Don't be angry; she meant well.

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Mean
To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.
Man was not meant to question such things.

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Mean
(transitive) To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.[https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean]
Your reasoning seems needlessly abstruse, complex, and verbose for me. I mean, could you dumb it down for my sake?

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Mean
(transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?

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Mean
(transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
What does this hieroglyph mean?

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Mean
(transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.
He is a little different, if you know what I mean.

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Mean
(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
Does she really mean what she said to him last night?
Say what you mean and mean what you say.

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Mean
(transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
One faltering step means certain death.

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Mean
(usually with to) To be of some level of importance.
That little dog meant everything to me.
Formality and titles mean nothing in their circle.

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Mean
Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
A man of mean parentage
A mean abode

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Mean
Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
A mean appearance
A mean dress

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Mean
Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
A mean motive
It was mean of you to steal that little girl's piggy bank.

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Mean
Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

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Mean
Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.

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Mean
Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
Watch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.

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Mean
Powerful; fierce; strong.
It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.

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Mean
(colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
Your mother can roll a mean cigarette.
He hits a mean backhand.

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Mean
Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
The mean family has 2.4 children.

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Mean
Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.

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Mean
The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.

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Mean
(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.

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Mean
(mathematics) 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.

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Mean
(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.

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Mean
To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?
What mean ye by this service ?
Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good.
I am not a SpaniardTo say that it is yours and not to mean it.

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Mean
To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
What mean these seven ewe lambs ?
Go ye, and learn what that meaneth.

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Mean
Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.
The mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself.

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Mean
Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
Can you imagine I so mean could prove,To save my life by changing of my love ?

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Mean
Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
The Roman legions and great Cæsar foundOur fathers no mean foes.

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Mean
Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
Being of middle age and a mean stature.

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Mean
Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
According to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or lowly.

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Mean
Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.

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Mean
That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
There is a mean in all things.
The extremes we have mentioned, between which the wellinstracted Christian holds the mean, are correlatives.

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Mean
A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the nth root of the product of the n quantities being averaged.

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Mean
That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
Their virtuous conversation was a mean to work the conversion of the heathen to Christ.
You may be able, by this mean, to review your own scientific acquirements.
Philosophical doubt is not an end, but a mean.
By this means he had them more at vantage.
What other means is left unto us.

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Mean
Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
Your means are very slender, and your waste is great.

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Mean
A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
The mean is drowned with your unruly base.

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Mean
A mediator; a go-between.
He wooeth her by means and by brokage.
If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.
The wine on this side of the lake is by no means so good as that on the other.

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Mean
An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

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Mean
Mean or intend to express or convey;
You never understand what I mean!
What do his words intend?

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Mean
Have as a logical consequence;
The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers

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Mean
Denote or connote;
`maison' means `house' in French
An example sentence would show what this word means

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Mean
Have in mind as a purpose;
I mean no harm
I only meant to help you
She didn't think to harm me
We thought to return early that night

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Mean
Have a specified degree of importance;
My ex-husband means nothing to me
Happiness means everything

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Mean
Intend to refer to;
I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France
Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!

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Mean
Destine or designate for a certain purpose;
These flowers were meant for you

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Mean
Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;
The average income in New England is below that of the nation
Of average height for his age
The mean annual rainfall

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Mean
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
Taking a mean advantage
Chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort
Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics

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Mean
Marked by poverty befitting a beggar;
A beggarly existence in the slums
A mean hut

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Mean
Used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;
A mean person
He left a miserly tip

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Mean
To have a particular intention or convey a particular message.
What do you mean by that remark?

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Mean
Referring to someone or something as unkind or cruel.
It was mean of him to say that.

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Mean
Indicating something as inferior in quality.
The food was mean and tasteless.

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Oct 08, 2023
FAQs
Why is it called Mean?
The term "mean" derives from Old English "mǣnan", relating to intent or purpose.

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Oct 27, 2023
Which conjunction is used with Mean?
Any conjunction can be used depending on the context.

Harlon Moss
Oct 27, 2023
Is Mean a noun or adjective?
Mean can be both a noun and an adjective, depending on usage.

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Oct 27, 2023
Is Mean a vowel or consonant?
"Mean" is a word and contains both vowels and consonants.

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Oct 27, 2023
Is Mean a countable noun?
Yes, when referring to methods or ways (e.g., various means).

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Is the Mean term a metaphor?
It can be used metaphorically, e.g., "mean streets" to indicate a dangerous area.

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What part of speech is Mean?
It can be a verb, noun, or adjective based on context.

Janet White
Oct 27, 2023
Is Mean a negative or positive word?
Neutral, but can be perceived as negative when referring to unkindness.

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Oct 27, 2023
What is a stressed syllable in Mean?
"Mean" itself, as it's a single-syllable word.

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Oct 27, 2023
What is the opposite of Mean?
Kind, generous, or insignificant, depending on the context.

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How is Mean used in a sentence?
"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings with my comment."

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Oct 27, 2023
How do we divide Mean into syllables?
Mean is one syllable and isn't divided.

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Oct 27, 2023
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