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means

noun
/miːnz/UK/minz/CA

Etymology

Various origins: * Reduced form of McMeans, a surname of Irish origin. * Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Meon, in Hampshire. * A nickname from Middle English mene (“inferior in rank”), which is from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general”), or Middle English mene (“moderate in behaviour”), which is from Old French mëen, mean.

  1. derived from mëen
  2. derived from ġemǣne
  3. derived from mene

Definitions

  1. plural of mean

  2. An instrument or condition to achieve a result.

    • She treated him as a means to an end.
    • A car is a means of transport.

  3. Financial resources

    Financial resources; wealth.

    • a person of means; independent means
    • He was living beyond his means.
    • Where there is much means to be used, and conditions yet to be performed, for the continuation and Consummation of our Justification, there it is not yet continued or consummate.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mean

    2. A surname.

    3. An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky, United States.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA