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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Relevance

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 But inside was a solid-state transformer, or SST—an array of power electronics that was meant to do the work of several pieces of that gear—and hopefully much more. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 China has backed its ambitions with extensive reforms that are explicitly meant to strengthen intellectual property protections. — Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Those 4,400+ diamonds were rendered in seven cuts—angel, heart, pear, marquise, oval, radiant, and round brilliant—and used four setting techniques meant to enhance the diamonds’ brilliance. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026 For years, that meant Apu would still occasionally be seen in Springfield, but never heard. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 But after an initial surge, the party, meant to provide an alternative for Netanyahu supporters frustrated with his handling of the wars, is now struggling to meet the minimum threshold. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 That meant that ReactOS’s bootloader could read from an NTFS partition, but the OS was unable to be directly installed there. — Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 Usually, that meant a search through both the history and fiction sections, each a jumble of books from everywhere and every age. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 There was a time when fall was hospitality’s quiet season—the quiet lull between summer beach trips and ski season escapades, the time when back to school and back to work meant people largely stayed home. — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Whatever the detail signified, this was his final bow for Saint Laurent.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
The ceremonial ringing of the bell to open the market also signified the release of our latest ranking of Europe’s biggest businesses.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of signified

Verb

That point mattered in a republic still deciding how its authority should differ from that of the European monarchies that Americans portrayed as corrupt.

— Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
And then none of it mattered because his special teams bailed him out with a big kick return (thanks to a terrible decision by Eagles coach Nick Sirianni to even allow a kick return in the first place) followed by a walk-off field goal.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of mattered

Verb

Sullivan touted his Bycatch Reduction Act, a bill intended to reduce excess fish caught by large commercial trawlers.

— Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
The donation is intended to benefit children age 10 and under who aren’t eligible for the federal government’s separate $1,000 contribution for children born between 2025 and 2028.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of intended

Verb

Fed officials indicated plans for another hike in meeting minutes, but did not clarify when.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Although the investigation is in its early stages, sheriff’s officials indicated that Kevin Mannix was believed to have killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of indicated

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The machine generated about a dozen or so graphs, marked by human figures and bursts of colors that denoted energy fields, broken down by organ—and even tooth.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Farrar’s post was a tiny script, of sorts, in which a character makes a pronouncement that is then interrupted by an action denoted by asterisks.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of denoted

Verb

With night set to fall, many in the area were without power due to outages planned by Southern California Edison in hopes of preventing power lines downed by the winds from sparking fires.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
The band had planned to celebrate the release of its second album, Toxicity, with a free show in a Hollywood parking lot on September 3, 2001.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of planned

Verb

It was implied that the residency would draw upon multiple bonds that the band has built with the venue, the city, and the surrounding Bay Area fanbase over the years.

— Benjy Eisen, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Aly’s quarrel begins with a name; Luna’s arrives at the rank implied by father.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026