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  1. Synonyms for means include1:
    • Aid
    • Channel
    • Equipment
    • Factor
    • Instrument
    • Measure
    Another word for means is "method"2.
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    Synonyms of means means 1 of 2 verb Definition of means present tense third-person singular of mean 1 as in signifies to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind the national anthem means various things to various people
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    means
    [mēnz]
    noun
    means (noun) · means (plural noun)
    1. (means of somethingmeans to do something)
      an action or system by which a result is brought about; a method:
      "resolving disputes by peaceful means" · "these pledges are a means to avoid prosecution"
    2. money; financial resources:
      "he came from a family of very modest means" · "prospective students without the means to attend Cornell"
    Origin
    late Middle English: plural of mean, the early sense being ‘intermediary’.
    mean
    [mēn]
    verb
    means (third person present)
    1. intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify:
      "I don't know what you mean" · "he was asked to clarify what his remarks meant" · "I meant you, not Jones"
      • (of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language:
        "its name means “painted rock” in Cherokee"
      • genuinely intend to convey or express (something):
        "when she said that before, she meant it"
      • (mean something to)
        be of some specified importance to (someone), especially as a source of benefit or object of affection:
        "animals have always meant more to him than people"
    2. intend (something) to occur or be the case:
      "they mean no harm" · "it was meant to be a secret"
      • (be meant to do something)
        be supposed or intended to do something:
        "we were meant to go over yesterday"
      • (be meant for)
        design or destine for a particular purpose:
        "the jacket was meant for a much larger person"
      • (mean something by)
        have as a motive or excuse in explanation:
        "what do you mean by leaving me out here in the cold?"
        Similar:
        have importance
        have significance
        be important
        be significant
        have an input on
    3. have as a consequence or result:
      "the proposals are likely to mean another hundred closures" · "heavy rain meant that the ground was waterlogged"
      • necessarily or usually entail or involve:
        "coal stoves mean a lot of smoke"
    Origin
    Old English mænan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch meenen and German meinen, from an Indo-European root shared by mind.
    mean
    [mēn]
    noun
    means (plural noun)
    1. the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average. See also arithmetic mean, geometric mean.
      "acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples"
    2. a condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite (usually unsatisfactory) extremes:
      "the mean between two extremes"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French meien, from Latin medianus ‘middle’ (see median).
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