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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?
He raises 100 million, so what does 100 million mean? 100 million means he's doing favors for so many people, it means lobbyists, it means special interests, it means donors, who knows it better than me? I give to everybody. They do whatever I want. It's true.
100 million means he's doing favors for so many people, it means lobbyists, it means special interests, it means donors, who knows it better than me?
To my mind, if patriotism or love of country means anything, it means that we do not now, or ever, turn our backs on those who defended us, it means we keep our promise to those who kept their promises to us.
The original Darrieus turbine has blades that are parallel to the axis of rotation, and that means that the loads in the blades are carried entirely by bending of the blades. That results in very high stresses, the re-design that we've done changes the blades so that they form this triangulated structure, and that's a very stiff and very strong structural form. And that means that the loads in the blades are principally carried by axial forces and that means that the stresses are much lower.
Wealth may be an ancient thing, for it means power, it means leisure, it means liberty.
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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