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- pronunciation:
- min
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
something halfway between two extremes.
Can't you settle on a mean between what you want and what they want?- synonyms:
- medium
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| definition 2: |
the average number or amount, usu. calculated by adding all the values in a distribution and dividing their sum by the number of such values.
The mode is the most frequent score among all the scores, and the mean is the average score.- synonyms:
- arithmetic mean, average
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| definition 3: |
moderation.
the ideal of the golden mean- synonyms:
- moderation
- similar words:
- golden mean, restraint
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| related words: |
compromise, middle, mode |
adjective + (n.)mean
adjusted,
alternative,
appropriate,
artificial,
conventional,
diplomatic,
effective,
efficient,
electronic,
extraordinary,
indirect,
just,
legitimate,
limited,
mechanical,
modest,
overall,
peaceful,
practical,
primary,
principal,
reliable,
sole,
technical,
technological,
violent
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verb + (n.)mean
devise, employ, justify, lack, provide
(n.)mean
+ verb
achieve, acquire, assess, attain, calculate, communicate, control, cope, enforce, enhance, evaluate, obtain, resolve, secure
noun + (n.)mean
comparison, others, ownership
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
being average or in the middle.
The mean temperature here in the summer is around 86 degrees.- synonyms:
- intermediate, median, medium, middle, moderate
- similar words:
- average, middling, normal, OK, ordinary
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| related words: |
medium, middle, temperate |
adverb + (adj.)mean
significantly
(adj.)mean
+ noun
achievement,
age,
baseline,
concentration,
correlation,
deviation,
difference,
duration,
error,
estimate,
feat,
frequency,
grade,
increase,
index,
interval,
item,
length,
percentage,
pretest,
proportion,
rank,
rating,
respondent,
response,
scale,
score,
size,
streak,
temperature,
value
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