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mean

/miːn/
verb
  1. To lament.

verb
  1. To intend.

  2. To convey (a meaning).

  3. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).

    "Does she really mean what she said to him last night?"

Synonymsbring about, cause, lead to, result in, convey, indicate

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