mean vs means

The phrases 'mean' and 'means' are both correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Mean' is the base form of the verb, while 'means' is the third person singular form. 'Mean' is used when referring to actions in general or in the first and second person, while 'means' is used when referring to actions in the third person singular.

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mean

The word 'mean' is the base form of the verb and is used in the first and second person or when referring to actions in general.

Use 'mean' when talking about actions in general or when the subject is in the first or second person. For example, 'I mean to go to the store.'

Examples:

What does this word mean?
I mean to finish my homework before dinner.
She didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

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Could just mean we caught the obstruction early.
Might mean Price knows his killer.
Cryptic postcards from old friends mean trouble.
May mean the Soviets detonated a cold bringer.
Usually nabbing a high profile criminal would mean a promotion.
All the trappings of success mean nothing.
Fair market values mean nothing in this economy.
Our jobs mean that we have flexibility.
Treating kids decently doesn't mean identically.
Seizures mean the steroids aren't working.
Could mean gang-related, revenge motive, personal business.
Your ideas always mean work for me.
Treaties mean nothing to the Inhumans.
Multiple organ failure could mean primary HIV infection.
The bloodstain may not mean anything.
Its warnings mean nothing to me now.
Contracting requirements mean specs for most government vehicles are easily available.
But postponement in itself does not mean denial .
That does not mean people are uninterested in athletics.
But low-income doesn't mean low class.

Alternatives:

intend
signify
imply
denote
convey

means

The word 'means' is the third person singular form of the verb 'mean' and is used when referring to actions in the third person singular.

Use 'means' when the subject is in the third person singular. For example, 'He means to call you later.'

Examples:

He means to finish the project by tomorrow.
She means to visit her parents next weekend.
The company means to expand its operations.

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4 days ago ... They had no means of letting him know that the flight was canceled. ... By means of is used to show the method used: Students are selected for ...
Our mission is to increase the proportion of suicide prevention groups who promote activities that reduce a suicidal person's access to lethal means.
k-means clustering is a method of vector quantization, originally from signal processing, that aims to partition n observations into k clusters in which ...

Alternatives:

intends
signifies
implies
denotes
conveys

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