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Grammar : Noun
Spell : meen
Phonetic Transcription : min



Definition of means

Origin :
  • "course of action," late 14c., from mean (n.); sense of "wealth" is first recorded c.1600. Cf. French moyens, German Mittel. Phrase by no means attested from late 15c.; means-test is from 1930.
  • noun way, method
  • noun wealth, resources
Example sentences :
  • Your life must be saved; even if you reprove me for the means.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I suspect that she was the means of influencing so large a purchase.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I know all about that, and who was the means of having him sent away.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He was not by any means an ideal monk, but he was equally far from being a scandal.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • It means the "science of the sound which is made by our speech."
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • You have seen the Greek word "phone," which means the voice, before.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • He found the restaurants moderate in price, and within his means.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It is always going somewhere but it does not always move westward by any means.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • The Persians called it Bagistana which means the "dwellingplace of the Gods."
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • I have told you how the Egyptians preserved speech by means of little figures.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

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