

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF FREE
Apple, Jr., New York Times, 5 June 2002 Even the water in the cave was free from surface contamination … which meant that all the water now in Lechugilla percolated into the cave before the widespread nuclear bomb testing of the 1940s … - Jon Krakauer, Air & Space, October/November 1995 Home meant my father, with kind eyes, songs, and tense recitations for my brother and myself. Verb The season of backyard barbecues and lakeside cookouts is at hand, which in most parts of the country means an orgy of grilled steaks, hamburgers and hot dogs lasting until Labor Day and beyond. Scores about the norm for fifth grade arithmetic Scored an average of 85 on tests mean may be the simple average or it may represent value midway between two extremes.Ī high of 70° and a low of 50° give a mean of 60° median applies to the value that represents the point at which there are as many instances above as there are below.Īverage of a group of persons earning 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10 dollars an hour is 6 dollars, whereas the median is 5 dollars norm means the average of performance of a significantly large group, class, or grade. average is the quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures. Mean and petty satire ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit.Īn ignoble scramble after material possessions abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility.Ībject poverty sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness.Īverage, mean, median, norm mean something that represents a middle point. mean suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity. Mean, ignoble, abject, sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity.
