"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 12
(1) literally, honestly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(5) generally, specifically
Kolokacji: 2
1. mean well = mieć dobre intencje mean well
2. hardly mean = ledwie oznaczaj hardly mean
3. mean good = oznaczać dobry mean good
4. kindly meant = życzliwie oznaczać kindly meant
  • Perhaps the note was kindly meant; but Cardona read sarcasm between the lines.
  • Still, it was kindly meant, and I couldn't afford to reject any possible source of comfort.
  • Last time they'd met he'd made her an offer which, in all probability, had been kindly meant.
  • "No harm in your asking, and I'm sure it was kindly meant," she said, giving him the benefit of the doubt.
  • It was kindly meant, but since Helen's death he had been smothered with kindness.
  • All kindly meant, you know, but what I call a lot of fuss.
  • But she didn't like to insist, ft was meant kindly.
  • His grandfather's words had been meant kindly, as Travis seemed to realise.
  • The idea is meant kindly, though there are doubts about how long the £100,000 cost will take to recoup from power saved.
  • It's meant kindly, and I think he sort of likes it.
5. mean black = oznaczać czarny mean black
6. largely mean = w dużej mierze oznaczaj largely mean
(11) alone, solely, exclusively
Kolokacji: 3
(12) normally, commonly
Kolokacji: 2

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