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mean to

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mean to (do something)
to intend to do something. Did you mean to do that? No, it was an accident. I didn't mean to.
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Other originalists try to identify a semantic meaning, which is a sort of generic public meaning that might sometimes be distinct from what the actual lawmakers intended: What would this language mean to most ordinary people at the time?
Management expects that the addition of the low-cost, coal-fired Council Bluffs Unit #4 (CB4) to MEAN's power supply mix (MEAN will own approximately 52 MW (megawatts) of the total 790 MW) will help enable MEAN to keep wholesale rates at existing levels over the next several years.
 
 
 
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