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 The depth of the content is unmatched by supplier websites and videos, which are meant to promote the product. — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Workers building and fixing data centers has meant a stream of new customers at businesses like Quincy Hardware & Lumber. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 Sometimes the Terminal Crew laugh at certain details the audience wouldn’t pick up on — laughs that were only meant for his friends. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Season 3 saw a five-year time jump, which meant that Rue (Zendaya), Jules (Hunter Schafer), Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and the rest of the cast were now young adults. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026 Having no motor drive meant constant manual tracking, which rules out long-exposure astrophotography of nebulae or galaxies. — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Interiors celebrate a sense of Baroque maximalism that may seem at odds with the surrounding Basque nature, but is meant to evoke the Belle Époque splendor that San Sebastián is famous for. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 But when a bureaucrat from Seoul arrives, stubbornly ignoring all warnings to avoid the infection, Mu-young must decide who she is truly meant to protect. — Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026 During much of the 2010s, Beijing poured billions of dollars into in Latin American infrastructure, such as ports, massive dams, and even a transcontinental railway meant to link Peru’s Pacific coast to Brazil’s Atlantic. — Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for meant

Verb

Recording a new album became a therapeutic experience that signified a new artistic journey and a chance to discover himself in the process.

— Adam Davidson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
The new ways of the parliament carried meaning and signified the beginning of a new era.

— Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of signified

Verb

The finish was calm, and came after good pressing from himself and Viktor Gyokeres, but the celebration that followed was what mattered.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
None of this much mattered to student Aayden Vasquez, who is excited about starting at Pacoima Middle School and shook hands with Chait, Garcha and anyone else who offered a palm during their visit to his home.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of mattered

Verb

Judges are free to ignore sentencing guidelines, which are intended to reduce disparities in punishments levied for the same crimes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Both lures are intended to attract bears while not providing them with actual food that can habituate them to humans.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of intended

Verb

Another 195 people were officially reported missing, while civilian databases indicated the number could be substantially higher.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
The report also indicated that Chinese developers continued to use Nvidia chips for training advanced models despite efforts to expand domestic alternatives.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of indicated

Verb

The decisive stage is planned for early 2027, when an Army unit will conduct an Operational Assessment.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Additional infrastructure planned includes a new Vertical Integration Facility for the 9×4 vehicle and a Payload Processing Facility.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026