means
/minz/ noun B2- An instrument or condition to achieve a result. · She treated him as a means to an end.· A car is a means of transport.
Plural means
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“I am not in any want, thank God, my living is suited to my means.
His companions came in great numbers to inquire after his health, and each one helped himself to a share of the food which had been placed for his use; so that he died, not from his sickness, but from the failure of the means of living.
It just means vowing and promising solemnly.”
“Let us wait, by all means.
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