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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
- 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
Synonyms for means
- ace in the hole
- affluence
- agency
- agent
- aid
- apparatus
- assets
- auspices
- avenue
- backing
- bankroll
- budget
- bundle
- capital
- channel
- course
- dodge
- dough
- equipment
- estate
- expedient
- factor
- fashion
- finances
- fortune
- funds
- gimmick
- holdings
- income
- instrument
- instrumentality
- instrumentation
- intangibles
- intermediary
- kitty
- machinery
- manner
- measure
- mechanism
- medium
- ministry
- mode
- modus operandi
- money
- nest egg
- nut
- organ
- organization
- paraphernalia
- path
- possessions
- power
- process
- property
- purse
- rainy day
- reserves
- revenue
- riches
- road
- route
- savings
- securities
- sock
- stake
- step
- stepping-stone
- stuff
- substance
- system
- tactic
- technique
- trick
- vehicle
- ways and means
- wherewithal
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