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1 meant
[ment]past tense, past participle; = mean III -
2 be meant to
(to be required or supposed; to have to: The child is meant to be asleep!) υποτίθεται ότι -
3 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) σφιχτός,μίζερος2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) κακός/μικροπρεπής3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) δύστροπος4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) άθλιος,παρακατιανός•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) μέσος2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) μέσος,κατά μέσο όρο2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) μέσος όροςIII 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?) σημαίνω,εννοώ2) (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.) σκοπεύω/προορίζω/είμαι αποφασισμένος•- 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.) όλο σημασία- meaningless
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4 additional
adjective This has meant additional work for me.) (επι)πρόσθετος -
5 dawn on
(to become suddenly clear to (a person): It suddenly dawned on me what he had meant.) (αρχίζω να) γίνομαι αντιληπτός ή αισθητός -
6 demo
['deməu]plural - demos; noun1) ((usually) a recording sent to radio stations or producers to show the ability of a musician, singer etc or an example of a computer program etc meant to promote sales.) δείγμα μουσικού κομματιού, `ντέμο`2) (a demonstration.) επίδειξη -
7 harm
1. noun(damage; injury; distress: I'll make sure you come to no harm; He meant no harm; It'll do you no harm to go.) ζημιά,κακό2. verb(to cause (a person) harm: There's no need to be frightened - he won't harm you.) βλάπτω,κάνω κακό- harmful- harmless
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8 hold back
1) (to refuse to tell someone (something): The police were convinced the man was holding something back.) αποκρύπτω2) (to prevent from happening, being seen etc, with an effort: The little girl succeeded in holding back her tears.) συγκρατώ3) (to prevent from making progress: I meant to finish cleaning the house but the children have held me back all morning.) καθυστερώ,εμποδίζω -
9 mean well
(to have good intentions: He meant well by what he said.) έχω καλές προθέσεις,κάνω(κάτι)καλοπροαίρετα -
10 misconstrue
[,miskən'stru:]((formal) to misunderstand; to interpret wrongly: That's not what she meant, her statement was misconstrued.) παρεξηγώ -
11 miss the boat
(to be left behind, miss an opportunity etc: I meant to send her a birthday card but I missed the boat - her birthday was last week.) χάνω την ευκαιρία -
12 score
[sko:] 1. plurals - scores; noun1) (the number of points, goals etc gained in a game, competition etc: The cricket score is 59 for 3.) αποτέλεσμα,βαθμολογία,σκορ2) (a written piece of music showing all the parts for instruments and voices: the score of an opera.) παρτιτούρα/μουσική επένδυση3) (a set or group of twenty: There was barely a score of people there.) εικοσάδα2. verb1) (to gain (goals etc) in a game etc: He scored two goals before half-time.) σημειώνω,πετυχαίνω,σκοράρω2) ((sometimes with off or out) to remove (eg a name) from eg a list by putting a line through it: Please could you score my name off (the list)?; Is that word meant to be scored out?) διαγράφω3) (to keep score: Will you score for us, please?) σημειώνω τη βαθμολογία•- scorer- score-board
- on that score
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13 Impression
subs.Impression on a coin: Ar. κόμμα, τό.At that age the impression one wishes to stamp on each is most easily taken and assimilated: P. μάλιστα δὴ τότε πλάσσεται καὶ ἐνδύεται τύπος ὃν ἄν τή βούληται ἐνσημαίνεσθαι ἑκάστῳ (Plat., Rep. 377B).Take an impression of: P. ἀπομάσσειν (acc.).Impression of a foot: V. περιγραφή, ἡ, ὑπογραφή, ἡ, ἔκμακτρον, τό, στίβος, ὁ (also Xen.), P. and V. ἴχνος, τό.met., idea, mental picture: P. εἴδωλον, τό, P. and V. εἰκών, ἡ.Give a false impression of, v.: P. κακῶς εἰκάζειν περί(gen.) (Plat., Rep. 377E).Make an impression on: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), V. ἀνθάπτεσθαι (gen.); see v. impress, Astonishment, subs.: P. and V. θαῦμα, τό, ἔκπληξις, ἡ.Remembrance: P. and V. μνήμη, ἡ.Give one the impression of being: P. and V. δοκεῖν εἶναι.Giving the impression they meant to attack at once: P. δόκησιν παρέχοντες αὐτίκα ἐμβαλεῖν (Thuc. 2, 84).Making no impression, adj.: P. ἄπρακτος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Impression
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14 Mean
adj.Low of degree: P. and V. ταπεινός, φαῦλος, κακός, πονηρός, Ar. and P. ἀγεννής, V. ἀγέννητος, Ar. and V. δυσγενής.Dishonourable: P. and V. αἰσχρός, κακός, πονηρός, φαῦλος, μοχθηρός, κακοῦργος, ἀνάξιος, Ar. and P. ἀγεννής.Shabby, worthless: P. and V. κακός, φαῦλος, εὐτελής.——————subs.Middle point: use P. and V. μέσον, τό.Strike the mean between the largest also smallest number of ships given: P. πρὸς τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας ναῦς τὸ μέσον σκοπεῖν (Thuc. 1, 10).The golden mean: P. and V. τὸ μέτριον, τὰ μέτρια.——————v. trans.Signify, with personal subject: P. and V. λέγειν, φράζειν, εἰπεῖν, V. ἐννέπειν, Ar. and P. διανοεῖσθαι; with non-personal subject: Ar. and P. νοεῖν, δύνασθαι, P. βούλεσθαι, σημαίνειν, φρονεῖν (Thuc. 5, 85), V. θέλειν (Eur., Hipp. 865 and Supp. 1055).Be about to: P. and V. μέλλειν.To whom their survival also success meant most: P. ᾧ ἐκείνους σωθῆναι καὶ κατορθῶσαι μάλιστα διέφερεν (Dem. 321).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Mean
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