mean
Base form
mean
/miːn/
Past simple
meant
/ment/
Past participle
meant
/ment/
MeaningA1
to have a particular sense or importance
to mean a lot to someone
In use
- Question · Form 1What does this word mean in English?
- Negative · Form 1I didn’t mean to wake you up.
- Past simple · Form 2I meant to call you yesterday, but I forgot.
- Past simple · Form 2Last time Tom said ‘five minutes’, he meant an hour.
- Past perfect · Form 3She had always meant to learn the piano.
- Present perfect · Form 3Our new puppy has meant a lot of early mornings.
Watch out
Meant sounds /ment/, not /miːnt/. Never meaned.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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