means
/miːnz/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.44 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
Example Sentences
- "She treated him as a means to an end."
- "A car is a means of transport."
- "There are two means of egress out of the building."
- "And by this means also he had them the more at vantage, being tired and harassed with a long march; and more at mercy, being cut off far from their country, and therefore not able by any sudden flight to get to retreat, and to renew their troubles."
- "Our hope in him is dead: let us return, And strain what other means is left unto us In our dear peril."
- "In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /miːnz/
- British English: /miːnz/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.