Meant to be

I had an interesting question on the Help Me! forums today. Someone wanted to ask about the meaning of "I wasn't even meant to be here".

The answer is that it means "I wasn't supposed to be here" or "It wasn't destined for me to be here".

Then I looked in the dictionary and saw that "mean" is used much more in spoken English than in written English. Apart from using it in expressions like What does X mean? or Do you know what I mean?, we use it to say we are serious: I really mean that!, to show how important something is: She means the world to me! and to talk about responsibility: You're meant to be helping me, not getting in the way!