Dictionary Definition
means
Noun
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
See mean.Pronunciation
- /miːnz/, /mi:nz/
- Rhymes: -iːnz
Noun
meansTranslations
that by which something is done
resources
- Czech: prostředky m|p
- Dutch: middelen n, pl, een bemiddeld man
- German: Mittel
- third-person singular of mean
Extensive Definition
Means may refer to:
- Means (surname)
- Mean (average), a term used in mathematics and statistics
- Means (band), a Christian hardcore band from Regina, Saskatchewan
- Means (ethics), something of instrumental value in order to achieve an end
- Means (law), an aspect of a crime needed to convince a jury of guilt in a criminal proceeding
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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