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means (mēnz)

plural noun

  1. that by which something is done or obtained; agency the fastest means of travel
  2. resources or available wealth; often, specif., great wealth; riches a person of means

Etymology: < mean,

means Idioms

by all means

  1. without fail
  2. of course; certainly

by any means

in any way possible; at all; somehow

by means of

by using; with the aid of; through

by no (manner of) means

not at all; in no way

means to an end

a method of getting or accomplishing what one wants

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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