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1 meaningful
adjective ((often used loosely) important in some way: a meaningful statement/relationship.) svarīgs, nozīmīgs -
2 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skops2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) zemisks; negodīgs3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) nejauks; niķīgs4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) nabadzīgs; pieticīgs•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) vidējais2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) vidējais2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) vidusIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) nozīmēt2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) gribēt; būt nodomājušam; būt domātam•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) zīmīgs, izteiksmīgs- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *vidus; vidējais skaitlis; nozīmēt; būt nodomājušam; iecerēt, paredzēt; vidējais, vidus; viduvējs; nabadzīgs; sīkumains, skops; negodīgs, zemisks; niķīgs; mulstošs -
3 sense
[sens] 1. noun1) (one of the five powers (hearing, taste, sight, smell, touch) by which a person or animal feels or notices.) sajūta2) (a feeling: He has an exaggerated sense of his own importance.) apziņa; izjūta3) (an awareness of (something): a well-developed musical sense; She has no sense of humour.) izjūta4) (good judgement: You can rely on him - he has plenty of sense.) veselais saprāts5) (a meaning (of a word).) nozīme; jēga6) (something which is meaningful: Can you make sense of her letter?) jēga; būtība2. verb(to feel, become aware of, or realize: He sensed that she disapproved.) just; nojaust; apzināties- senselessly
- senselessness
- senses
- sixth sense* * *sajūta; apziņa, saprāts; jēga, nozīme; noskaņa, gaisotne; izjust, sajust; apjēgt; uzrādīt -
4 significant
[siɡ'nifikənt]1) (important; having an important effect: a significant event/development.) svarīgs; nozīmīgs2) (having a special meaning; meaningful: a significant look/smile.) zīmīgs3) (considerable; marked: There was no significant change in the patient's condition; There was a significant drop in the number of road accidents last year.) ievērojams* * *svarīgs, nozīmīgs; zīmīgs -
5 dyslexia
[dis'leksiə](a difficulty with reading or writing that some people have because they are unable to see words as meaningful shapes or the differences between letters.) disleksija, vārdu aklums- dyslexic
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