regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like

mean - model verbAppend -t rather than -ed to form the preterit and the past participle.
Verbs that follow
this model:
  1. burn
  2. deal
  3. dream
  4. lean
  5. leap
  6. learn
  7. lose
  8. misdeal
  9. relearn
  10. spoil
  11. sunburn
  12. unlearn

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mean

'mean' is the model of its conjugation.
The continuous tenses are rare for the meaning "to signify" but not for the meaning "to intend."
infinitive:
present participle:
past participle:
(to) mean
meaning
meant
definition
in Spanish
in French
in Italian

Indicative

presentAlso known as:
present simple or simple present
Imean
youmean
he, she, itmeans
wemean
youmean
theymean
simple pastAlso known as:
past simple or preterit
Imeant
youmeant
he, she, itmeant
wemeant
youmeant
theymeant
future
Iwill mean
youwill mean
he, she, itwill mean
wewill mean
youwill mean
theywill mean

Perfect tenses

present perfect
Ihave meant
youhave meant
he, she, ithas meant
wehave meant
youhave meant
theyhave meant
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect
Ihad meant
youhad meant
he, she, ithad meant
wehad meant
youhad meant
theyhad meant
future perfect
Iwill have meant
youwill have meant
he, she, itwill have meant
wewill have meant
youwill have meant
theywill have meant

Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses

present continuous
Iam meaning
youare meaning
he, she, itis meaning
weare meaning
youare meaning
theyare meaning
past continuous
Iwas meaning
youwere meaning
he, she, itwas meaning
wewere meaning
youwere meaning
theywere meaning
present emphatic
Ido mean
youdo mean
he, she, itdoes mean
wedo mean
youdo mean
theydo mean
past emphatic
Idid mean
youdid mean
he, she, itdid mean
wedid mean
youdid mean
theydid mean

Compound continuous (progressive) tenses

present perfect
Ihave been meaning
youhave been meaning
he, she, ithas been meaning
wehave been meaning
youhave been meaning
theyhave been meaning
past perfect
Ihad been meaning
youhad been meaning
he, she, ithad been meaning
wehad been meaning
youhad been meaning
theyhad been meaning
future
Iwill be meaning
youwill be meaning
he, she, itwill be meaning
wewill be meaning
youwill be meaning
theywill be meaning
future perfect
Iwill have been meaning
youwill have been meaning
he, she, itwill have been meaning
wewill have been meaning
youwill have been meaning
theywill have been meaning

Conditional

present
Iwould mean
youwould mean
he, she, itwould mean
wewould mean
youwould mean
theywould mean
perfectAlso known as:
past conditional
Iwould have meant
youwould have meant
he, she, itwould have meant
wewould have meant
youwould have meant
theywould have meant
present continuous
Iwould be meaning
youwould be meaning
he, she, itwould be meaning
wewould be meaning
youwould be meaning
theywould be meaning
perfect continuous
Iwould have been meaning
youwould have been meaning
he, she, itwould have been meaning
wewould have been meaning
youwould have been meaning
theywould have been meaning

Imperative

present
(you)mean!
(we)let's mean!
(you)mean!

Subjunctive

present
Imean
youmean
he, she, itmean
wemean
youmean
theymean
past
Imeant
youmeant
he, she, itmeant
wemeant
youmeant
theymeant
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect subjunctive
Ihad meant
youhad meant
he, she, ithad meant
wehad meant
youhad meant
theyhad meant
future
Ishould mean
youshould mean
he, she, itshould mean
weshould mean
youshould mean
theyshould mean

*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular forms. (example)
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to the model. (example)

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