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meant Definition

meant (ment)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

mean
meant Usage Examples

Object

  • person: This, he explained, meant persons under sentence of death or charged with offenses for which the death penalty could be imposed.
meant Quotes

I don't know whether I like it, but it's what I meant.

—VaughanWilliams, Ralph

Where more is meant than meets the ear.

—Milton,John

Looking back, I am content.Win or lose I have told you the truth as I see it. I have said what I meant and meant what I said.

—Stevenson, Adlai E(wing)