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Definition of "means"

means

Từ điển Collocation

means noun

¹ method of doing sth

ADJ. appropriate, best, effective, efficient, reliable, useful an effective means of mass communication | necessary, possible, practicable We will use every possible means to achieve our objective. | alternative, other War is famously ‘the continuation of policy by other means’. | conventional, traditional | legal, legitimate

VERB + MEANS have We have no means of knowing how they will react. | use | offer (sb), provide (sb with) My English teacher provided me with the means to enjoy reading poetry. | devise Can you devise a means of overcoming the problem?

PREP. by ~ (of) The stone was lifted by means of a rope and pulley. | through ~ They cannot achieve their goal through legal means. | ~ for the means for achieving happiness | ~ of a means of access/communication/transport a means of getting what you want

PHRASES a means to an end He saw his education merely as a means to an end. | by fair means or foul, by no means/not by any means (= not at all), ways and means There are ways and means of raising money.

² money/wealth

ADJ. independent, private She must have independent means to live in such style. | limited, moderate, modest, slender | visible people who lack visible means of support

VERB + MEANS have | lack

MEANS + NOUN test Eligibility for the benefit was determined by a means test.

PREP. according to your ~ (= according to what you can afford), beyond your ~ Private school fees are beyond the means of most people (= more than they can afford). | within your ~ (= according to what you can afford) She finds it difficult to live within her means.

PHRASES a man/woman of means (= a rich man/woman)

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; agency, way

  a means of control

  an example is the best agency of instruction

  the true way to success

• an instrumentality for accomplishing some end
• considerable capital (wealth or income); substance

  he is a man of means

n.

• an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n; mean value

v.

• mean or intend to express or convey; intend

  You never understand what I mean!

  what do his words intend?

• have as a logical consequence; entail, imply

  The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers

• denote or connote; intend, signify, stand for

  `maison' means `house' in French

  An example sentence would show what this word means

• have in mind as a purpose; intend, think

  I mean no harm

  I only meant to help you

  She didn't think to harm me

  We thought to return early that night

• have a specified degree of importance

  My ex-husband means nothing to me

  Happiness means everything

• intend to refer to; think of, have in mind

  I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France

  Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!

• destine or designate for a certain purpose

  These flowers were meant for you

adj.

• approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; average, mean(a)

  the average income in New England is below that of the nation

  of average height for his age

  the mean annual rainfall

• characterized by malice; hateful

  a hateful thing to do

  in a mean mood

• having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; base, meanspirited

  that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage

  chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics

• excellent

  famous for a mean backhand

• marked by poverty befitting a beggar; beggarly

  a beggarly existence in the slums

  a mean hut

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; mingy, miserly, tight

  a mean person

  he left a miserly tip

• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt; beggarly
• of no value or worth; bastardly

  I was caught in the bastardly traffic

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English Slang Dictionary

money

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

ant.: endmeans|meant|meaning|meaner|meanest
syn.: average connote cross denote ill-humored imply indicate intend irritable malicious medium middle normal petty signify suggest testy unkind
ant.: noble proud