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Collocations for mean - verb

Mean is used with these nouns as the subject:
expression, move, name, sign, symbol, term, word

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Mean is used with these nouns as the object:
death, difference, disaster, end, harm, increase, reduction, ruin, sacrifice, saving, thing, trouble

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Collocations for mean - adj.

1. unkind

VERBS

be, feel, seem
become

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
That was a pretty mean trick.

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PREPOSITION

to
He's so mean to his mother!

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2. (BrE) not generous

VERBS

be, seem
become

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
I thought it was really mean of him not to pay for the meal.
a little, slightly, etc.
He's a little mean when it comes to spending money on the children.

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PREPOSITION

with
She's very mean with her money.

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Mean is used with these nouns:
achievement, distance, duration, feat, increase, number, percentage, score, size, snowfall, spirit, streak, street, temperature, trick, velocity, weight

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