"mean" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

mean verbo

mean + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 283
mean trouble • mean business • mean death • mean money • mean people • mean jobs • mean things • mean war • mean life • ...
verbo + mean
Kolokacji: 18
give meaning • interpreted to mean • seem to mean • come to mean • used to mean • ...
mean + preposición
Kolokacji: 37
mean by • mean for • mean to • mean about • mean that • ...
mean + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 57
literally mean • necessarily mean • originally meant • simply mean • generally mean • actually mean • clearly meant • merely mean • ...
(1) literally, honestly
Kolokacji: 2
3. initially meant = początkowo oznaczać initially meant
  • It was initially meant to be the third UK single from the album.
  • Initially meant to only appear once, they proved so popular that a two part story ran in issues 350 and 351.
  • The character was initially only meant to appear in five episodes.
  • The church was initially meant to have a spire, but a lack of funds prevented it from being built.
  • The pause was initially meant to be temporary, but it became permanent.
  • The CD was initially meant to come out in only 2000 copies.
  • He was initially meant to play there short term but ended up staying longer.
  • As a result, what was initially meant to be a yearlong project now looks like it will take at least three.
  • They were not initially meant to form a complete novel.
4. mainly mean = głównie oznaczaj mainly mean
(4) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(5) generally, specifically
Kolokacji: 2
(11) alone, solely, exclusively
Kolokacji: 3
(12) normally, commonly
Kolokacji: 2

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