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 …

meant, meaning to be minded or disposed; have intentions. Beware, she means ill, despite her solicitous manner.

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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.

If one thing means another, it shows that the second thing exists or is true. An enlarged prostate does not necessarily mean cancer. [VERB noun] Just because he has a beard doesn't necessarily mean …

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.

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

The tools needed to do something can also be called the means. You don't have the means to make an art project if you need paint and feathers and you have neither.

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