Thesaurus results for MEANT

meant

verb

past tense of mean

as in signified

to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind the national anthem means various things to various people

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as in mattered

to be of importance your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me

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as in intended

to have in mind as a purpose or goal I mean to win this race

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as in indicated

to serve as a sign or symptom of these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived

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Recent Examples of meant This discovery meant that cherry juice as a performance supplement was born. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Ganiyu received about $671,438 from citizenship applicants through Zelle and Cash App, along with $287,830 in cash deposits that prosecutors say were meant to conceal the money’s source, according to court documents, the New York Post reported. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 An installment plan meant people could invest 5 RM at a time, receiving special stamps to show their payments. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Sep. 2026 That meant about a quarter of the counter-tariff rate showed up in retail costs. — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Opponents gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on the new congressional map, which meant the map could not take effect unless and until voters approved it. — James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026 South Korea's military said the exercise is defensive in nature and meant to enhance a joint response capability against North Korean nuclear threats. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 Critics have said the size of the gap stems in large part from Connecticut’s lack of investment in special education, which is meant to reduce those disparities as much as possible. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026 The barrels were never meant to permanently seal the radioactive waste. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for meant

Verb

The decision also signified the end of Adam’s time on the Northwestern.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026
This theory gained more popularity after Swift was spotted out in London last month, debuting a fresh haircut which has historically signified a new era in the Taylor Swift Cinematic Universe.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of signified

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Weiss had not managed since 2016, but his experience mattered to Anthopoulos.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Some of our friends, who’d assumed that abstract art was all that any longer really mattered, were wondering if Jack’s nudes were radical or retro or if retro was the new radical.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mattered

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The Block 2 version of Nova is intended to have a 15-foot diameter, Lapsa said.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
An Iowa business group is pushing back on Alliant Energy's plan to invest in additional power plants, saying everyday customers could get saddled with billions in costs for generating capacity intended mainly to serve data centers in Iowa.

— Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of intended

Verb

Gardiner will focus on using customer insights and data to strengthen the brand, accelerate customer acquisition and loyalty, and create a more personalized experience across stores and digital channels, the company indicated in a statement Monday.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
The pilots did not inform air traffic controllers of any problems with the plane prior to landing, air traffic control audio indicated.

— Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of indicated

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Balance transfers may cause a temporary dip, but that impact should be weighed against the potential savings and the opportunity to pay down your balances faster.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
The plane's cargo weighed 32,222 pounds and consisted primarily of contact lenses.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of weighed

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The Cinderella dress that Kaitlyn Argyriou’s mother had sewn for her as a child and which Argyriou’s daughter, Avery, 4, had planned to wear trick-or-treating in Colorado Springs on Halloween.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
The production planned to grab exterior footage outside Broadway’s Music Box Theatre — the film’s principal location — before a New York City blizzard intervened.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of planned

Verb

But another frontier remains to be realized, one in which MU ascends from this fine plateau to make good on the sort of top-tier promise implied by the school’s now-enormous commitment to football.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Piker implied that Jews' support for Israel put them at risk of violence.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026