Definitions for MEANS

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MEANS mean

Spelling: [meen]

IPA: /min/

Means is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in MEANS (aemns).

Definitions for MEANS

noun

1. Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
2. means. available resources, especially money: considerable financial resources; riches:
3. something that is midway between two extremes; something intermediate:
4. Mathematics. a quantity having a value intermediate between the values of other quantities; an average, especially the arithmetic mean. either the second or third term in a proportion of four terms.
5. Statistics. expected value. See mathematical expectation (def 2).
6. Logic. the middle term in a syllogism.

Idioms

1. mean well, to have good intentions; try to be kind or helpful:
2. by all means, (in emphasis) certainly: at any cost; without fail.
3. by any means, in any way; at all:
4. by means of, with the help of; by the agency of; through:
5. by no means, in no way; not at all:

adjective

1. occupying a middle position or an intermediate place, as in kind, quality, degree, or time:

verb (used with object)

1. to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: Synonyms: contemplate.
2. to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
3. to intend to express or indicate:
4. to have as its sense or signification; signify: Synonyms: denote, indicate; import, imply, connote.
5. to bring, cause, or produce as a result:
6. to have (certain intentions) toward a person:
7. to have the value of; assume the importance of:

verb (used without object)

1. to be minded or disposed; have intentions:

Origin of MEANS

before 900; Middle English menen, Old English mǣnan; cognate with German meinen, Dutch meenen

Examples for MEANS

And that means they also fall under the umbrella of programs most likely to get the axe when state and federal budgets are tight.

I know all about that, and who was the means of having him sent away.

As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.

And in order for them to realize their vision, they are willing to use any means.

He found the restaurants moderate in price, and within his means.

With that, there is no means to consistently measure progress.

I suspect that she was the means of influencing so large a purchase.

Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.

Your life must be saved; even if you reprove me for the means.

He was not by any means an ideal monk, but he was equally far from being a scandal.