# means

Pronunciation: say "MEENZ" US /minz/, UK /miːnz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of mean. — third-person singular simple present indicative of mean
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of mean. Use this form when the subject is he, she, or it.
   - _That gesture means something quite different in another culture._
   - _The new policy means employees can work from home twice a week._

## Noun

2. An instrument or condition used to bring about a particular result.
   - Simple: A way or method that someone uses to reach a goal.
   - _Negotiation proved the surest means of ending the dispute peacefully._
   - _The charity relied on small donations as its main means of survival._
3. The money and other financial resources a person has; a person 'of means' has a lot of them and is wealthy.
   - Simple: The money and other wealth a person has. A person of means is rich.
   - _He lived well within his means and never carried any debt._
   - _Travel on that scale was far beyond the means of an ordinary clerk._
4. Plural of mean. — plural of mean
   - Simple: Plural of mean. Use this when talking about more than one average.
   - _Researchers compared the means of all four treatment groups._
   - _The report listed the sample means alongside their standard deviations._

## Origin

It is the word "mean" used for a method or course of action that brings about a result; French "moyens" and German "Mittel" are comparable.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/means (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).