mean, ignoble, abject, sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity. mean suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity. ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some …

MEANS definition: 1. a method or way of doing something: 2. money, for example from an income, that allows you to…. Learn more.

Definition of means noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

a. Money, property, or other wealth: You ought to live within your means. b. Great wealth: a woman of means.

Means definition: (functioning as singular or plural) the medium, method, or instrument used to obtain a result or achieve an end. See examples of MEANS used in a sentence.

Usually, means. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end: The telephone is a means of communication. There are several means of solving the problem.

A means of doing something is a method, instrument, or process which can be used to do it. Means is both the singular and the plural form for this use. The move is a means to fight crime.

(countable, singular and plural) An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose. She treated him as a means to an end.

MEANS meaning: 1 : a way of doing something or of achieving a desired result; 2 : the money that someone has wealth

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