- In mathematics a "-" is a minus sign, signifying that the second number should be subtracted form the first number: 5-3=2.
It also identifies a negative number, a number less than zero, such as -5 (minus five).
- In lists, it is a dash, and can mark the beginning of new sections, as it is doing in this answer!
- In language, it is a hyphen and separates the sections of compound words such as father-in-law.
It also separates the numbers in dates and telephone numbers.
It can show connection, such as London-Paris flights, 1963-1997, Yankees won 6-3.
One or two can be used in a sentence to show an interruption.
- In printing, each of these has a different length: minus sign, hyphen, and several kinds of dashes. (An n dash is as wide as an n. An m dash is as wide as an m.)
There are rules for using every one of them!
you mean what you mean
It mean what you don't what does it mean.
Mean is the average.
What does GRI mean? What does GRI mean?
The haudensaunee mean irguios
The correct usage is "what DOES it mean"
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension
as you do
No, but sometimes "average" means "mean" - when it doesn't mean median, geometric mean, or something else entirely.
He is as mean as a copperhead snakeHe is as mean as an angry bearHe is as mean as a bottle of brandyHe is as mean a black woman
Present - I mean, She means. Future - I will mean, She will mean. Past - Meant.
What do you mean "what does it mean"? It doesn't "mean" anything, it's just a fact.