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what did you mean vs what did you meant

The correct phrase is "What did you mean?" The incorrect phrase "What did you meant?" uses the past tense form of the verb "mean" incorrectly.
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what did you mean

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to ask for clarification or understanding about something that was said or done in the past.

Examples:

  • What did you mean when you said that?
  • I didn't understand. What did you mean by that?
  • Can you explain what you meant by your comment?
  • I'm confused. What did you mean in your message?
  • What did you mean by coming here so late?
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what did you meant

This phrase is incorrect in English. The verb "mean" should be in the past tense form "meant" in this question structure.

  • Oct 26, 2024 ... Sorry, i can't understand what did you meant by this phrase : "you are dockerizing apps that can not be dockerized?" Upvote -2. Downvote Reply ...
  • Oct 27, 2020 ... What did you meant with the old API? You'll get the same response in both the REST API and GraphQL. And to be able to redirect old UIDs to ...
  • Dec 27, 2022 ... What did you meant to say then? 2 yrs. 󱘫. Top fan. Neil Rickmond. Solid fight since Shredder is Team 1. Team 2 would sweep otherwise. Hard to ...
  • I was able to spot there what did you meant and then reproduce it on my own as well on other save(s). Since this issue – both parts – has been successfully ...
  • Oct 2, 2018 ... I'm still a newbie with labview what did you meant exactly with "plain" Daqmx function? and sadly Icant save the data in TDML or save it ...
  • Aug 11, 2020 ... Just don't understand what did you meant like I always do my images on different blend files? :open_mouth: winterman (Artur Szóstakowski) ...
  • Jan 11, 2024 ... gmsh license (GPL) is incompatible with Rhino (closed source). As ignorant in this matter, what does that mean and/or what did you meant with ...
  • May 4, 2010 ... What did you meant by going to select new record fro different location? New Invoice? New line with diff. Loc in the same Invoice? p ...
  • Apr 12, 2015 ... On 2015-04-12 at 11:49 AM, thehotsung8701A said: That is not what I meant. Then what did you meant?

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