English Explanatory Dictionary

means

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of mean
noun
  1. An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
noun
  1. Financial resources; wealth.
  2. Substantial wealth.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mean
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky, United States.

Pronunciation

/miːnz/ /minz/ en-us-means.ogg

Word forms

means Meanses

Etymology

From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel.

Synonyms

wherewithal

Derived words

not by any manner of means of means by all means by any means by fair means or foul by means of by no manner of means by no means k-means clustering means of exchange means of grace means of labor means of production means of transport means of transportation means test means to an end not by any means of modest means production means the end justifies the means the ends justify the means within one's means independent means live beyond one's means man of means woman of means private means ways and means

Translations

Bulgarian: бога́тство Bulgarian: състоя́ние Bulgarian: сре́дства Czech: prostředky Dutch: middelen Esperanto: rimedoj Finnish: varat Finnish: varallisuus French: moyens German: Mittel Hindi: संसाधन Irish: gustal Latin: opēs Latin: facultātēs Latvian: līdzekļi Romanian: mijloace Russian: бога́тство Russian: состоя́ние Russian: сре́дства Spanish: medios Telugu: మూలాధారాలు Turkish: kaynak Ukrainian: бага́тство Zulu: icebo Zulu: isu
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