means
means
(miːnz )1. countable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive]
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.
The army had perfected the use of terror as a means of controlling the population. [+ of]
Business managers are focused on increasing their personal wealth by any available means.
2. plural noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive]
You can refer to the money that someone has as their means.
[formal]...a person of means.
He did not have the means to compensate her.
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