Means
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English
Noun
Means
- Plural form of mean.
- (plurale tantum) Resources; riches.
- a person of means
- independent means
- 1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 154:
- Some kind of writer. He didn't have to make a living; he had means.
Notes
Frequently contrasted with end (“goal”), as in “a means to an end”. Similar contrast is process vs. product.
Synonyms
Verb
means
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mean.
Adjectives for Means
iniquitous; effective; downright; legitimate; solid; extraordinary; vociferous; plunging; continuous; ample; systematic; peaceful; prying; drastic; efficient; radical; clumsy; hygienic; scantiest; slender; superficial; rapid; showy; artificial; honorable; comfortable; undue; subtle; unlawful; effectual; vast; superior; remote; mysterious; unexplained; considerable; subservient; further; highhanded; useful; indispensable; occult; earthly; inarticulate; mechanical; pecuniary; approved; devious; gigantic; accidental; instrumental; faint; conflicting; realistic; blessed; inadequate; extremest; practicable; readiest; apparent; double; abundant; unrestrained; apeediest; lavish; quick; individual; moderate; miraculous; flagitious; potent; valuable; creditable; instinctive.
Verbs for Means
adopt—; attain—; contrive—; desire—; devise—; employ—; find—; invent—; meditate on—; outline—; resort to—; secure—; supplant—; suggest—.
Thesaurus
MO, Swiss bank account, action, ad hoc measure, algorithm, answer, apparatus, approach, artifice, assessed valuation, assets, assets and liabilities, attack, available means, balance, bank account, bottom dollar, budget, capital, capital goods, capitalization, cash reserves, checking account, circumstances, command of money, contraption, contrivance, countermove, coup, course, course of action, current assets, deferred assets, demarche, device, dodge, effort, exchequer, expedient, fashion, finances, fixed assets, form, frozen assets, fund, funds, gadget, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, grist, guise, hand tool, holdings, implement, improvisation, instrument, intangible assets, intangibles, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, kitty, last expedient, last resort, last shift, life savings, line, line of action, lines, liquid assets, makeshift, maneuver, manner, manner of working, material assets, measure, mechanical device, method, methodology, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus operandi, moneys, move, nest egg, net assets, net worth, order, pecuniary resources, pis aller, pocket, pool, power tool, practice, precision tool, procedure, proceeding, process, property, purse, quick assets, reserves, resort, resource, resources, routine, savings, savings account, shake-up, shift, solution, speed tool, step, stock, stock-in-trade, stopgap, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy, style, substance, supply, system, tack, tactic, tangible assets, tangibles, technique, temporary expedient, the drill, the how, the way of, tone, tool, treasure, trick, trump, unregistered bank account, utensil, way, wealth, wherewithal, wise, working hypothesis, working proposition
Etymology
See mean.
Pronunciation
Translations
Noun
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Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: hundred · believe · white · #282: means · thus · order · near
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
meāns m., f., and n. (genitive meantis); third declension
Etymology
Present active participle of meō (“go along, traverse”)
Pronunciation
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | M.F. | N. | MM.FF. | NN. | |
| nominative | meāns | meāns | meantēs | meantia | |
| genitive | meantis | meantis | meantium | meantium | |
| dative | meantī | meantī | meantibus | meantibus | |
| accusative | meantem | meāns | meantēs | meantia | |
| ablative | meante1 | meante1 | meantibus | meantibus | |
| vocative | meāns | meāns | meantēs | meantia | |
1 But meantī when used purely as an adjective.
