Means
means -
a. a way of to do something
b. a way of achieving a result
c. the money that a person has
living beyond his means - he is spending more money than he has
achieve x by means of y - use the method or instrument y to achieve x
a means to an end - a way of achieving a result
a means test - a test to see you if someone earns too much to receive government benefits
Example sentences:
* Some people will try to increase their wealth by any means possible.
* He was a person of means.
* By all means, do it!
* On their honeymoon the couple lived well beyond their means.
* By all means, come on over, we can go out to dinner or something.
* This is by no means extraordinary.
* Marketing is only a means to an end, namely selling a product.
* The lack of any apparent means or motive to commit the crime has led people to doubt that he actually committed the crime he claims he comitted.
* By means of a mixture of meditation and soothing persuasion, we will help you stop smoking.
* Desperately looking around for a means of escape, he tried the window but the drop was a good forty feet. He was trapped. The pilot
* The most effective means for solving this problem may be simply to ignore it.
* The noise level had increased to such a degree that I could no longer find any means to turn the confounded thing off.
* Marxists spend of a lot of time talking about the means of production.
* She never tried to win my affection by natural means and still she won it entirely.
* Working men and women still have no effective means of making their opinions heard.
* Enhancing athletic performance by means of steroids, blood-doping used to be common among cyclists.
* We do not have the means of satisfying his very particular needs.
* We don't use conventional means of advertising.
