Translation of "mean" - English-Thai dictionary

mean

verb /miːn/ (past tense, past participle meant /ment/)

› to (intend to) express, show or indicate

หมายความว่า
’Bleu’ means ’blue’ in French
What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?

› to intend

ตั้งใจ
I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot
For whom was that letter meant?
He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.
meaning noun

› the sense in which a statement, action, word etc is (intended to be) understood

ความหมาย
What is the meaning of this phrase?
What is the meaning of his behaviour?
meaningful adjective

› (often used loosely) important in some way

ซึ่งมีความหมาย
a meaningful statement/relationship.
meaningless adjective

› without meaning or reason; of no importance

ซึ่งไร้ความหมาย
meaningless chatter.
be meant to

› to be required or supposed; to have to

มีความหมายต่อ
The child is meant to be asleep!
mean well

› to have good intentions

ตั้งใจในทางที่ดี
He meant well by what he said.

(Translation of “mean” from the PASSWORD English–Thai Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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