What is difference between mean and meant?
As a verb, "mean" is the present tense form for I, you, we, they, and plural nouns:
- They MEAN what they say.
- Those words MEAN the same thing.
- Do you MEAN to tell me that the world is not flat?
"Meant" is the past tense of "mean":
- She MEANT nothing by that comment.
- We MEANT to go to her graduation, but we had a family emergency.
- They MEAN what they say.
- Those words MEAN the same thing.
- Do you MEAN to tell me that the world is not flat?
"Meant" is the past tense of "mean":
- She MEANT nothing by that comment.
- We MEANT to go to her graduation, but we had a family emergency.
