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▸ verb: (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind.
▸ verb: (transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
▸ verb: (transitive) To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.
▸ verb: To convey (a meaning).
▸ verb: (transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
▸ verb: (transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
▸ verb: (transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
▸ verb: (transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
▸ verb: (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.
▸ verb: (Ireland, UK regional) To lament.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Common; general.
▸ adjective: (now rare) Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
▸ adjective: Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
▸ adjective: Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
▸ adjective: Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
▸ adjective: (chiefly UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
▸ adjective: Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
▸ adjective: Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
▸ adjective: Powerful; fierce; strong.
▸ adjective: (colloquial) Hearty; spicy.
▸ adjective: (colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
▸ adjective: (informal, often childish) Difficult, tricky.
▸ adjective: Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
▸ noun: (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
▸ noun: (obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
▸ noun: Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
▸ noun: (music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
▸ noun: (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
▸ noun: (mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
▸ noun: (mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
▸ noun: (web development) Acronym of MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, Node.js: a software stack for developing web sites with both client-side and server-side use of JavaScript.
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