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Intends (to)
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means
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" [syn: agency , way ] instrumentality used to achieve an end considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"course of action," late 14c., from mean (n.); sense of "wealth" is first recorded c.1600. Compare French moyens , German Mittel . Phrase by no means attested from late 15c.; means-test is from 1930.
Usage examples of means.
Finally, he points out the practical bearing of the subject--for example, the probability of calculus causing sudden suppression of urine in such cases--and also the danger of surgical interference, and suggests the possibility of diagnosing the condition by ascertaining the absence of the opening of one ureter in the bladder by means of the cystoscope, and also the likelihood of its occurring where any abnormality of the genital organs is found, especially if this be unilateral.
All white men in the Solomons catch yaws, and every cut or abrasion practically means another yaw.
She was trapped without a ship or a radio aboard an asteroid that was accelerating smoothly to absurdly high velocities by means she could not understand.
One of the ways a correct burial was achieved was by means of a special board, on which a spoon was spun.
Such treatment by the authorities soon led some socialist leaders to despair of ever achieving their goals by parliamentary means and to embrace more radical ideologies, such as syndicalism and anarchism.
Most importantly, achieving transformation means becoming a being of sharing.