A Topical Dictionary: Search for means

Dictionary Results For "means" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

See mean#Etymology 3|mean.

Pronunciation

IPA: /miːnz/,
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-means.ogg
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-iːnz|-iːnz

Noun

means

That by which something is done; a tool, device, or strategy to achieve something; as, a means to an end.
resources|Resources; riches; as, a person of means.

Translations

Czech: prostředek
Dutch: middel
Esperanto: rimedo
Finnish: keino, väline, tapa
French: moyen

German: Mittel
Interlingua: medio, ressource
Italian: mezzo
Portuguese: meio , recurso
Spanish: medio , recurso

Czech: prostředky
Dutch: middelen n, pl, een bemiddeld man

German: Mittel

: alat, alat|peralatan
: 道具 (どうぐ, dōgu), 手段 (しゅだん, shudan)

Verb

means

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WordNet means
n 1: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of
control"; "an example is the best agency of
instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: agency,
way]
2: instrumentality used to achieve an end
3: considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of
means" [syn: substance]

Moby Dictionary
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

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