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📖 Определения и значения для слова means

📒 an action, an object or a system by which a result is achieved; a way of achieving or doing something

  • means of something Email is a highly effective means of communication.
  • The state is in control of the means of production.
  • We needed to get to London but we had no means of transport.

📒 the money that a person has

  • a man of means (= a rich man)
  • according to somebody's means People should pay according to their means.
  • within somebody's means Are the monthly repayments within your means (= can you afford them)?

📒 used to say that you are very willing for somebody to have something or do something

  • ‘Do you mind if I have a look?’ ‘By all means.’

📒 using dishonest methods if honest ones do not work

  • She’s determined to win, by fair means or foul.

📒 with the help of something

  • The load was lifted by means of a crane.

📒 not at all

  • She is by no means an inexperienced teacher.
  • We haven't won yet, not by any means.

📒 bad or unfair methods of doing something are acceptable if the result of that action is good or positive

  • He defended a morality in which the end justifies the means.
  • That's only OK if you believe that the end justifies the means.

📒 a thing or an action that is not interesting or important in itself but is a way of achieving something else

  • He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.
  • I don't enjoy studying computing—it's just a means to an end.

📒 the methods and materials available for doing something

  • ways and means of raising money
  • Newspapers have ways and means of getting hold of secret information.
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