means lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• how a result is obtained or an end is achieved "a means of control" "an example is the best agency of instruction" "the true way to success"
• an instrumentality for accomplishing some end
• considerable capital (wealth or income) "he is a man of means"
• unwilling to part with money
• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity "a mean person" "he left a miserly tip"
• characterized by malice "a hateful thing to do" "in a mean mood"
• having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble" - Edmund Burke "taking a mean advantage" "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort" - Shakespeare "something essentially v..."
• 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"
• marked by poverty befitting a beggar "a beggarly existence in the slums" "a mean hut"