mean Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE
From Longman Business Dictionary mean mean 1 / miːn / adjective [only before a noun] STATISTICS average Analysts' mean estimate is for earnings of 33 cents a share. mean mean 2 noun the mean STATISTICS the average The GDP of this state was 32% below the mean for the country as a whole. → arithmetic mean Origin mean 1 Old English mænan mean 2 1.