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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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

2026年1月20日 · means (plural means) (countable, often with of or to) She treated him as a means to an end. A car is a means of transport.