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1 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 -
2 shoddy
['ʃodi]1) (of poor material or quality: shoddy furniture.) sliktas kvalitātes-; slikts2) (mean and contemptible: a shoddy trick.) nekrietns; zemisks•- shoddily- shoddiness* * *vilnas pluču audums; sliktas kvalitātes izstrādājums; mazvērtīgs
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