means
Từ điển Collocation
means noun
1 method of doing sth
ADJ. appropriate, best, effective, efficient, reliable, useful an effective means of mass communication | necessary, possible, practicable We will use every possible means to achieve our objective. | alternative, other War is famously ‘the continuation of policy by other means’. | conventional, traditional | legal, legitimate
VERB + MEANS have We have no means of knowing how they will react. | use | offer (sb), provide (sb with) My English teacher provided me with the means to enjoy reading poetry. | devise Can you devise a means of overcoming the problem?
PREP. by ~ (of) The stone was lifted by means of a rope and pulley. | through ~ They cannot achieve their goal through legal means. | ~ for the means for achieving happiness | ~ of a means of access/communication/transport a means of getting what you want
PHRASES a means to an end He saw his education merely as a means to an end. | by fair means or foul, by no means/not by any means (= not at all), ways and means There are ways and means of raising money.
2 money/wealth
ADJ. independent, private She must have independent means to live in such style. | limited, moderate, modest, slender | visible people who lack visible means of support
VERB + MEANS have | lack
MEANS + NOUN test Eligibility for the benefit was determined by a means test.
PREP. according to your ~ (= according to what you can afford), beyond your ~ Private school fees are beyond the means of most people (= more than they can afford). | within your ~ (= according to what you can afford) She finds it difficult to live within her means.
PHRASES a man/woman of means (= a rich man/woman)
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n; mean value
v.
- mean or intend to express or convey; intend
You never understand what I mean!
what do his words intend?
- have as a logical consequence; entail, imply
The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
- denote or connote; intend, signify, stand for
`maison' means `house' in French
An example sentence would show what this word means
- have in mind as a purpose; intend, think
I mean no harm
I only meant to help you
She didn't think to harm me
We thought to return early that night
- have a specified degree of importance
My ex-husband means nothing to me
Happiness means everything
- intend to refer to; think of, have in mind
I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France
Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
- destine or designate for a certain purpose
These flowers were meant for you
adj.
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; average, mean(a)
the average income in New England is below that of the nation
of average height for his age
the mean annual rainfall
- characterized by malice; hateful
a hateful thing to do
in a mean mood
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; base, meanspirited
that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage
chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
- excellent
famous for a mean backhand
- marked by poverty befitting a beggar; beggarly
a beggarly existence in the slums
a mean hut
- (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; mingy, miserly, tight
a mean person
he left a miserly tip
- (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt; beggarly
- of no value or worth; bastardly
I was caught in the bastardly traffic
English Slang Dictionary
money
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
ant.: endmeans|meant|meaning|meaner|meanest
syn.: average connote cross denote ill-humored imply indicate intend irritable malicious medium middle normal petty signify suggest testy unkind
ant.: noble proud
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