mean

/miːn/

意味: 意味、平均、意地悪な

例文: Momo isn’t a mean cat.
　　  モモは意地悪な猫じゃない。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: mean value(平均値), mean person(意地悪な人), mean time(平均時間)

定義: 何かの意味や意図を表すこと。また、意地悪や不親切な性格を指すこともあります。数学では平均値を指します。

meanは約3,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Verb: mean or intend to express or convey
Verb: have as a logical consequence
Verb: denote or connote
Verb: have in mind as a purpose
Verb: have a specified degree of importance
Verb: intend to refer to
Verb: destine or designate for a certain purpose
Adjective: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
Adjective: characterized by malice
Adjective: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; – Edmund Burke; ; – Shakespeare
Adjective: excellent
Adjective: marked by poverty befitting a beggar
Adjective: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
Adjective: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
Adjective: of no value or worth

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.(あなたの気持ちを傷つけるつもりはなかった。)
What does this word mean in English?(この単語は英語で何を意味しますか？)
She can be really mean sometimes.(彼女は時々本当に意地悪になる。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: You never understand what I mean!
Verb: what do his words intend?
Verb: The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
Verb: `maison’ means `house’ in French
Verb: An example sentence would show what this word means
Verb: I mean no harm
Verb: I only meant to help you
Verb: She didn’t think to harm me
Verb: We thought to return early that night
Verb: My ex-husband means nothing to me
Verb: Happiness means everything
Verb: I’m thinking of good food when I talk about France
Verb: Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
Verb: These flowers were meant for you
Adjective: the average income in New England is below that of the nation
Adjective: of average height for his age
Adjective: the mean annual rainfall
Adjective: a hateful thing to do
Adjective: in a mean mood
Adjective: that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
Adjective: taking a mean advantage
Adjective: chok’d with ambition of the meaner sort
Adjective: something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
Adjective: famous for a mean backhand
Adjective: a beggarly existence in the slums
Adjective: a mean hut
Adjective: a mean person
Adjective: he left a miserly tip
Adjective: I was caught in the bastardly traffic

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): average, base, bastardly, beggarly, entail, hateful, have in mind, imply, intend, mean, mean value, meanspirited, mingy, miserly, signify, stand for, think, think of, tight

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): associate, average, convey, intend, necessitate

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): age norm, breathe, calculate, correlate, design, entail, express, flash, free-associate, hint, identify, interrelate, look, mean, median, mode, remember, say, slate, thank, think of

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): aim, arithmetic mean, denote, design, drive, geometric mean, harmonic mean, mention, plan, signify, spell, typify

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: average, averageness, baseness, bastard, beggar, entailment, hatefulness, implication, implicative, intent, intention, mean, meaning, meanness, minginess, miser, miserliness, sign, signification, signifier, tightness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: economics, psychology

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, stative verb, transitive verb

comparative-er

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検4級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: