“Meant” is the past tense and the past participle of the verb “Mean”, which is to express or represent something, such as an idea, thought, or fact. Whenever you need to refer to this concept in the past tense, you should use “Meant”.
MEANT definition: simple past tense and past participle of mean. See examples of meant used in a sentence.
The word meant one thing in Shakespeare's day, but it means something else now. Red means “stop” and green means “go.” Can you tell me what my dream means? What was meant by the poet? Don't distort what she meant by taking her words out of context. He's very ambitious, and I mean that as a compliment. It's a very easy question.
past simple and past participle of mean (Definition of meant from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
You use meant to to say that something or someone was intended to be or do a particular thing, especially when they have failed to be or do it. I can't say any more, it's meant to be a big secret. The decor was meant to keep the mind concentrated on the making of money. I'm meant to be on holiday.
intend: [~ + object] She meant no harm.[ ~ + to + verb]: I've been meaning to call you, but things got too busy. [no object] I'm sure they meant well, but they didn't finish the job.
meant adjective supposed, expected, required, intended Parties are meant to be fun.
Definition of meant in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.