means
noun
[ miːnz ]
• an action or system by which a result is achieved; a method.
• "technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation"
Similar:
method,
way,
manner,
mode,
measure,
fashion,
process,
procedure,
technique,
expedient,
agency,
medium,
instrument,
mechanism,
channel,
vehicle,
avenue,
course,
• financial resources; income.
• "he came from a family of very modest means"
Similar:
money,
resources,
capital,
income,
finance,
funds,
cash,
the wherewithal,
assets,
dough,
bread,
dibs,
moolah,
shekels,
gelt,
loot,
oof,
scratch,
splosh,
dosh,
brass,
lolly,
spondulicks,
wonga,
ackers,
dineros,
jack,
mazuma,
Oscar,
Origin:
late Middle English: plural of mean3, the early sense being ‘intermediary’.
mean
verb
• intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.
• "I don't know what you mean"
Similar:
signify,
convey,
denote,
designate,
indicate,
connote,
show,
express,
spell out,
stand for,
represent,
symbolize,
imply,
purport,
suggest,
allude to,
intimate,
hint at,
insinuate,
drive at,
refer to,
get at,
betoken,
• intend (something) to occur or be the case.
• "they mean no harm"
Similar:
intend,
aim,
plan,
design,
have in mind,
have in view,
contemplate,
think of,
purpose,
propose,
have plans,
set out,
aspire,
desire,
want,
wish,
expect,
• have as a consequence or result.
• "the proposals are likely to mean another hundred closures"
Similar:
entail,
involve,
necessitate,
lead to,
result in,
give rise to,
bring about,
cause,
engender,
produce,
effect,
presage,
portend,
foretell,
augur,
promise,
foreshadow,
herald,
signal,
bode,
betoken,
foretoken,
forebode,
adumbrate,
Origin:
Old English mænan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch meenen and German meinen, from an Indo-European root shared by mind.
mean
noun
• the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.
• "acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples"
• a condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite extremes.
• "the measure expresses a mean between saving and splashing out"
Similar:
middle course,
middle way,
mid point,
central point,
middle,
happy medium,
golden mean,
compromise,
balance,
median,
norm,
average,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French meien, from Latin medianus ‘middle’ (see median).