verb
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To lament.
verb
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To intend.
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To convey (a meaning).
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To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
example
Does she really mean what she said to him last night?
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To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
example
One faltering step means certain death.
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(usually with to) To be of some level of importance.
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Formality and titles mean nothing in their circle.
noun
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(now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
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(in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
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Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
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The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
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The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
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Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
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Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
noun
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Resources; riches.
example
He was living beyond his means.
noun
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An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
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A car is a means of transport.
Examples of means in a Sentence
He means, we're in no rush.
If it means that much to you, there is a way.
I don't understand what that means, Father.
The theory of pricing means people who want items the most choose to buy those items instead of others they could buy.
You will soon find means of satisfying your needs.
She means that respectfully, Toni said.
Uncle Henry says 'Eureka' means 'I have found it.'
Wireless Internet was not available at the cabin and our computer had no means for a telephone hook-up.
Her first thought was that he was sending her to Death as a means of torturing her or at least, nailing home the point that he had won this round with Gabriel.
In three days, Darkyn may come on behalf of his mate to collect by any means necessary.
I feel like you're using me – like it means nothing to you.
Not only did it seem to him (as to all administrators) that he controlled the external actions of Moscow's inhabitants, but he also thought he controlled their mental attitude by means of his broadsheets and posters, written in a coarse tone which the people despise in their own class and do not understand from those in authority.
It means progress at an ever increasing pace is inevitable.
It means I can trade you a good or service for an intermediate store of value known as money, and then trade that money to the person who actually has the goods I want.
It means I can't kill you, as much as I'd like to!
By some means, however, he learned to read; and after that he loved nothing so much as a good book.
When lunatics command our armies God evidently means these other madmen to be free.
It would kill him to do so but it means his life, Julie.
Or, it might, given it means more to you than it does to me.
This is a good thing because it means that high degrees of utility (the economists' word for "happiness") can be achieved with a wide variety of goods.
He knows the tipster exists because the tipster has information no one could learn through normal means.
Dr. Cohen says I should address the issue, whatever that means.
Dusty should have given you a means of contacting someone in an emergency, he said with disapproval.
Any idea what that means?
Which means this could be your doing, Gabriel pointed out.
While Cynthia was proud of her son Randy's athletic achievements, she always saw those abilities as a means to an end—not an end in itself.
It means he combs his hair like he's still wearing his football helmet.
You know what that means? she said.
The tumor is still growing, which means there is still a chance at cognitive deterioration.
Willing herself not to cry, she pointed to her neck and said instead, "Do you know what this means?"
Yes, it means a lot to me.
Amah means a nurse.
Who's afraid of this Psychic Tipster except a killer who knows what was tipped couldn't be learned by normal means?
Both wished there was a simple means of communicating this information to the child.
It means something to you, though, doesn't it?
I didn't wave today, which means you saw him at the strip mall.
Which means, what happened between you and this Gabriel was more than a one night stand.
By all means, you are free to go.
If I'm keeping you from your lover, by all means, you can go.
Elisabeth means 'God's promise'.
I know what it means to turn your back on your family.
They should keep you anchored in time, too, since your world's time means nothing here.
If that means I dive off a cliff to keep the Others from using me against you, I'll do it.
Money means a lot to some people.
Then by all means, lead the way.
If there's anything I should know, tell me, before I find out through other means.
My brother is the only one on the planet who isn't instantly fried by their magic, which means you've got a bigger decision to make.
To comprehend the real position we are forced to the conviction that the world of facts is the field in which, and that laws are the means by which, those higher standards of moral and aesthetical value are being realized; and such a union can again only become intelligible through the idea of a personal Deity, who in the creation and preservation of a world has voluntarily chosen certain forms and laws, through the natural operation of which the ends of His work are gained.
The above statement does not by any means exhaust the possible predictions that can be made from the atomic theory, but it shows how to test the theory.
Vico held God to be the ruler of the world of nations, but ruling, not as the providence of the middle ages by means of continued miracles, but as He rules nature, by means of natural laws.