means
nounnounnounverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue
- Canada//minz//
- Australia//miːnz//
An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
noun
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Also a form of meanplural of mean
Etymology
From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel.
noun
- 1
An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
She treated him as a means to an end.
A car is a means of transport.
There are two means of egress out of the building.
And by this means also he had them the more at vantage, being tired and harassed with a long march; and more at mercy, being cut off far from their country, and therefore not able by any sudden flight to get to retreat, and to renew their troubles.
noun
- 1
Financial resources; wealth.
a person of means; independent means
He was living beyond his means.
Where there is much means to be used, and conditions yet to be performed, for the continuation and Consummation of our Justification, there it is not yet continued or consummate.
Because there is too much civilisation, too much means of subsistence, too much industry, too much commerce
- 2
Financial resources; wealth. Substantial wealth.
She is a woman of means.
Hotels that are so priced that only people of means can stay.
Some kind of writer. He didn't have to make a living; he had means.
verb
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Also a form of meanthird-person singular simple present indicative of mean
means · An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
Means · A surname.meantime · The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.meanwhile · The time between two events.