Meaning

1 senses

  1. To intend to.

    I've been meaning to visit him for a while, but work has been busy.

Examples

1146 sentences

  1. I didn't mean to hurt you.

    Я не хотів тебе образити. — deniko

    ruЯ не хотел причинить тебе боль. — Hellerick

    deIch wollte dir nicht weh tun. — Wolf

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  2. I didn't mean to do that.

    Я не хотів цього робити. — deniko

    ruЯ не собирался этого делать. — Wadimiy

    deDas war nicht meine Absicht. — kroko

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  3. Tom didn't mean to be rude.

    Том не хотів здатися неввічливим. — deniko

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  4. Tom is so mean to you.

    Том такий недобрий по відношенню до тебе. — miketheknight

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  5. I didn't mean to hit Tom.

    Я не хотіла вдарити Тома. — deniko

    ruЯ не хотел ударить Тома. — odexed

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Forms

means to, meaning to, meant to, meant to
Base formmean to · to mean to
3rd person singularmeans to
Present participlemeaning to
Past simplemeant to
Past participlemeant to

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymean to
he, she, itmeans to

Past simpleLesson

all personsmeant to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave meant to
he, she, ithas meant to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mean to

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mealtimemeanA1meandermeaningA2
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