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means
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
means
In strict philosophical usage, the prime mover or doer of an act is the agent. Thus we speak of man as a voluntary agent, a free agent. But in common usage, especially in business, an agent is not the prime actor, but only an instrument or factor, acting under orders or instructions. Compare CAUSE.
Synonyms:
actor, agent, doer, factor, instrument, mover, operator, performer, promoterAntonyms:
chief, inventor, originator, principalPreposition:
An agent of the company for selling, etc.
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Princeton's WordNet
means, agency, waynoun
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"
Synonyms:
direction, government agency, manner, way, delegacy, elbow room, substance, style, federal agency, agency, path, way of life, bureau, office, representation, fashion, authority, mode, roommeansnoun
an instrumentality for accomplishing some end
means, substancenoun
considerable capital (wealth or income)
"he is a man of means"
Synonyms:
nitty-gritty, meat, subject matter, core, nub, inwardness, sum, way, gist, heart and soul, substance, center, agency, centre, kernel, meaning, essence, message, heart, content, marrow, pith
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
meansn. sing. pl.
Synonyms:
instrument, method, mode, waymeansn. sing. pl.
Synonyms:
resource, appliance, expedient, shift, step, measuremeansn. sing. pl.
Synonyms:
revenue, income, resources, the wherewithal, ways and means
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
meansnoun
Synonyms:
property, possessions, wealth, resources, riches, estate, instrument, agency, instrumentality, method, way, facility, expedient, resource, contrivance, resort, device, artifice
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "means":
ways, mean, average, implies, way, media, medium, resources, pleas, methods, instruments, signifies, instrument, east, involves, tools, tool, entails, funds, designates, modes, avenues, method, represents, wherewithal, manner, approaches, channels, capacity, plea, facilities, is, mode, middle, measures, refers, translates, moyens, modalities, bias, medio, half, meaning, capabilities, midst
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#8 | is | |
#149 | message | |
#203 | way | |
#216 | center | |
#241 | office | |
#327 | resources | |
#331 | media | |
#395 | content | |
#401 | tools | |
#433 | room | |
#576 | east | |
#754 | means | |
#774 | average | |
#792 | style | |
#824 | centre | |
#889 | heart | |
#911 | methods | |
#928 | half | |
#951 | method | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1011 | agency | |
#1136 | facilities | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1195 | mode | |
#1247 | tool | |
#1415 | ways | |
#1431 | authority | |
#1441 | agent | |
#1478 | funds | |
#1614 | medium | |
#1617 | core | |
#1686 | capacity | |
#1695 | instruments | |
#1790 | path | |
#1873 | fashion | |
#2029 | measures | |
#2090 | factor | |
#2372 | direction | |
#2764 | meaning | |
#2807 | manner | |
#2973 | bureau | |
#3027 | operator | |
#3262 | channels | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3682 | instrument | |
#3730 | represents | |
#3875 | representation | |
#3988 | capabilities | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4146 | approaches | |
#4288 | actor | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4771 | modes | |
#5113 | involves | |
#5453 | refers | |
#6805 | bias | |
#7805 | essence | |
#7927 | implies | |
#9445 | performer | |
#12702 | plea | |
#12773 | promoter | |
#12856 | midst | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#14975 | signifies | |
#16093 | mover | |
#17425 | translates | |
#19522 | avenues | |
#21890 | entails | |
#23582 | modalities | |
#24233 | pleas | |
#31473 | designates | |
#32803 | gist | |
#34073 | medio | |
#56838 | doer | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#82935 | wherewithal | |
#111510 | moyens | |
#244606 | inwardness |
How to use means in a sentence?
These products have a long lifespan and are (patent) protected for about 10 years. This means these products, especially in the U.S. market, will secure our success.
That means the federal debt mountain is growing by around 6 million an hour, or around 100,000 by the minute.
It's weird, i think coming off of an offseason, Hawaii is an easy place to come to. We've always enjoyed coming here, even in the days of college when we would come to play college events this time of the year. Guys are excited to play. As far as my results, it's hard to say. I wish I knew what it was or I'd try it at some other event. For some reason, I like this course. It's an old-style course, not a modern design by any means, and I like that aspect of it.
At first, children a bit scared of the costumes and skull painting because they don't know what it means, but when I tell them to touch their craniums they realize that skulls are a part of them and then they embrace that aspect of it.
There are a lot of tech companies coming in and it’s a small island, the simple maths of it means that at a certain point you are going to run out of talent.
Translations for means
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- يعنيArabic
- prostředkyCzech
- Mittel, meintGerman
- μέσοGreek
- rimedojEsperanto
- medioSpanish
- ابزارPersian
- veux direFrench
- acmhainnIrish
- eszkHungarian
- caraIndonesian
- si intendeItalian
- אומרHebrew
- 방법Korean
- modoLatin
- middelNorwegian
- middelenDutch
- middelNorwegian Nynorsk
- midlerNorwegian
- znaczyPolish
- significaPortuguese
- средстваRussian
- medelSwedish
- viomboSwahili
- வழிமுறையாகTamil
- మూలాధారాలుTelugu
- kaynakTurkish
- засобиUkrainian
- 手段Chinese
- isu, iceboZulu
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