Crossword clues for means
means
- With which an end is achieved
- Provides staff for securing energy facility
- Pecuniary resources
- Banker in Europe's old, looking embarrassed when sent up
- Intends to have different names in the same answer
- Intends to find method
- "This ___ war!"
- Ways partner
- Translates as
- "By all ___!"
- Ways go-with
- Ways and ___
- Isn't kidding about
- Is defined as
- Available resources
- Ways and ___ committee
- Ways and __
- Stats 101 topic
- Method — financial resources
- Medium used to achieve a result
- Jeremy Camp "What It ___"
- Isn't joking about
- Intends to say
- By all ___ (surely)
- "This __ war"
- "A ___ to an End" Joy Division
- Scot cleaned out in tightest financial investigation
- Of course
- Not at all
- Definitely not taking funny money in bars
- Has in mind
- Signifies
- Partner of ways
- Stands for
- Financial wherewithal
- Affluence
- Wealth
- Wherewithal
- Statistical calculations
- Ways' partner
- Ability
- Intends (to)
- Financial resources
- Monetary resources
- How a result is obtained or an end is achieved
- Instrumentality used to achieve an end
- Considerable capital (wealth or income)
- Agency
- Ways' companion
- Methods, ways & ...
- Money
- Resources
- Wherewithal (5)
- Capital
- One kind of test
- Ways and ____
- Money matters
- Method - financial resources
- Method answer is presented by Phi?
- Capital agency produces statistics
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
means
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a form/mode/method/means of travel
▪ I find the train a more comfortable mode of travel.
a means of communication (=a way of exchanging information)
▪ There were no roads and no means of communication with the people in the mountains.
a means of escape (=a way of escaping)
▪ She searched in vain for a means of escape.
a means of escape (=a way of forgetting about a bad situation)
▪ Drugs and alcohol are their only means of escape.
a means of expression
▪ Art is not just a means of expression, it is also a means of communication.
a means to an end (=a way of achieving what you want)
▪ To Joe, work was a means to an end, nothing more.
a means/mode/form of transport
▪ Horses and carts were the only means of transport.
a means/source of livelihood
▪ Fishing is the main source of livelihood for many people in the area.
an effective means
▪ Is reducing the speed limit an effective means of reducing accidents?
an efficient means
▪ The tram is a very efficient means of transport.
be far from clear/be by no means clear (=be very unclear)
▪ The directions she gave me were far from clear.
by/through peaceful means
▪ We must redistribute power in this country by peaceful means.
devise a means (=think of a way)
▪ We must devise a means of transport that does not pollute the atmosphere.
means of identification
▪ fingerprinting as a means of identification
means of propulsion
▪ research into liquid hydrogen as a means of propulsion
means test
▪ means-tested benefits
means/mode/form of transportation
▪ People need to get out of their cars and use other modes of transportation.
sth is by no means certain (=not definite)
▪ Victory was by no means certain for Smith.
the end justifies the means (=used to say that something bad is acceptable, if it achieves a good result)
▪ Their defence, that the end justifies the means, is not acceptable.
ways and means
▪ We are discussing ways and means of bringing jobs to our area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alternative
▪ Robert waved briefly, ducked, and looked for an alternative means of escape.
▪ Once you have a clue about the problem, try to get help via alternative means.
▪ We may need to find alternative means achieve some end.
▪ In both cases, Gingrich turned to charitable organizations as an alternative means of financing the projects.
▪ I wonder if she has thought of alternative means of transport?
▪ Ramsey-optimal prices are not concerned with alternative means of supply: hence they are in principle susceptible to competitive entry.
▪ It is possible to provide flexibility by alternative means using a group of workers who understand their role from the outset.
▪ They are alternative means of holding wealth.
effective
▪ This can often provide the most effective and speedy means of resolving a dispute.
▪ This was not just a very effective means to an end: it was an end in itself-and a gamble.
▪ Endoscopic injection, however, is still the most convenient and cost effective means for the arrest of peptic ulcer haemorrhage.
▪ More effective means had to be devised to enforce the Forest law to protect vert and venison, and to raise revenue.
▪ Vitamin supplements, which cost just a few cents a dose, are a highly effective means of prevention.
▪ We appear to be a long way from finding effective means of primary prevention of attempted suicide.
▪ Letter-writing has often been an effective means of direction and Paul made the most of it.
only
▪ Temporary leaflet only means of supplying essential information.
▪ For them, cable from a local receiving station would be the only possible means of getting the programmes.
▪ The only means of communication was sign language.
▪ But nowhere was any one principle of inheritance applied exclusively, and nowhere was inheritance the only means of transferring land rights.
▪ Dope was my only means of escape.
▪ The discipline is the only means by which these forces are consumed and thus destroyed.
▪ The making of a takeover offer is not the only means of obtaining control of a company.
▪ However, physical fighting is not the only means by which males compete with each other.
other
▪ Although such mixtures can not be separated by fractional distillation, they can be separated by other means.
▪ The government's response was to use the Freikorps and other repressive means to assert its authority.
▪ To these ends, other means have been developed over the years, most assiduously in the three Northern Tier states.
▪ The answer to this question was that they had other means of transport.
▪ The exploration of literary texts is not an elitist activity, distinct from the study of other means of communication.
▪ It's how they got supplies in, among other means.
▪ Perhaps they have had an experience of déjàvu which they can not explain by any other means.
▪ In 66 cases there was a statistically significant effect which could not be explained by any other means.
■ VERB
achieve
▪ Obviously, there is room for debate about the means of achieving those objectives and how accommodating our criteria should be.
▪ The lawyer is responsible for working with the client to decide the best means to achieve those objectives.
▪ We may need to find alternative means achieve some end.
▪ Where the consensus broke down was over the means used to achieve the goals.
▪ That done, we can begin to address ourselves to identifying the right technical and political means for achieving them.
▪ The quest for quality is continuing, but the best means of achieving it are debatable.
▪ It will also give guidance on means of achieving fair distribution of work within chambers.
▪ And for the first time, they had the means to achieve it.
become
▪ Whereas boys may become alienated from the means of learning, girls would be alienated more swiftly by the content of learning.
▪ Human experience becomes the means to comprehend and express our awareness of the sacred.
▪ For, as before, the credit instruments soon became used as means of exchange.
▪ The photographic camera thus became the foremost means for producing or recording such images.
▪ Creating rapport then becomes a means by which to maximise the potential for the extraction of information from interviewees.
▪ Under Johnwick, rehabilitation became the means whereby eligible patients were encouraged to leave voluntarily.
▪ Yet, in Dickinson's hands, ambiguity becomes the means of survival.
▪ It has become a central means by which Congress secures the accountability of executive and independent agencies.
find
▪ Opposition would certainly find other means of expressing itself.
▪ Daedalus himself, the wily artisan who wrought the whole thing, could find no means to pierce its mystery from within.
▪ Next, find out the best means of getting there.
▪ First Bank officials, however, contend they will find other means to bolster earnings and maintain their projections.
▪ Could we not find out some means?
▪ The national government seemingly could find no constitutional means to intercede to protect its black citizens.
▪ With this growing experience he has found a means to fight more effectively for social justice and the needs of his fellow-workers.
▪ One action is to meet with school staff to find the means to help Mike at school.
offer
▪ Culturing microorganisms offers a highly efficient means of producing high-protein food supplements for a hungry world of the future.
▪ The weakness of the enemy offers the revolution fuller means of recovery from temporary defeats than is the case in imperialist countries.
▪ They offer no other means of solving this problem and imply that social inequality is an inevitable feature of human society.
▪ It is worth reiterating here the point that the media offer a means of influencing your target audiences.
▪ The clear distinction between the old and modern lacquers also offers hope of a means of identifying fakes.
▪ It is now suggested that the proposed Royal Infirmary hospital trust offers the best means of taking the plan forward.
▪ For example a potential 3,000 house settlement between Cambridge and Ely offers the best means to provide more housing.
▪ This provides regular income from subscriptions and offers a means of restricting usage if necessary.
provide
▪ Freud acknowledges the unconscious and provides a means of exploring it and of living with it.
▪ Present-value calculations provide a simple means of quantifying this time value of money by using the reciprocal of the compound interest formula.
▪ This culture provides both the means and the incentives for discovering and remedying errors.
▪ In addition the diversity of cell surface markers provides a means of privacy and defense.
▪ In either application, the device is intended to provide a means of systematically ordering the subdivisions of a given number.
▪ In other words, cyberspace provides a means for individual expression that would not be appropriate or acceptable in real life.
▪ The honours system provides governments with a means of distributing favours at no cost.
▪ It provides a means of improving performance at a minimal cost.
use
▪ It is used as a means of temporary escape from circumstances that the individual finds unbearable.
▪ All agreed that the United States had to stand up to the aggressors from the north, using whatever means were necessary.
▪ It denies the appropriateness of using any political means to pursue such ends.
▪ Sometimes people have learning problems and they use visual means to help them understand.
▪ It could also be used as a means of overcoming excessively long waiting lists in some areas.
▪ You must use whatever means are available to you and avoid wasting time on those that are not.
▪ Costs would be limited by keeping the offer open only until 1995 and by using a means test.
▪ One might use morphological rather than syntactic means.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
by fair means or foul
know/understand what it means to be sth
▪ If you are overweight, then you know what it means to be in emotional pain.
not by any manner of means
▪ You know, it isn't all sweetness and light here, not by any manner of means.
this means war
woman/man etc of independent means
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A university professor who used his modest means to collect over 300 valuable artworks has donated them to the National Gallery.
▪ E-mail has become an increasingly important means of business communication.
▪ Education and training are the most effective means of improving the nation's economy.
▪ He's given up his lecturing job, but he does have private means.
▪ He came to power by means of a military coup in 1960.
▪ He had the means to pay, but he refused on principle.
▪ I think private schooling would be well beyond our means.
▪ Many tropical countries welcome people of independent means as long-term residents.
▪ She was required to pay a $500 fee, which appeared to be within her means.
▪ The best choice for elderly people with limited means is index-linked certificates.
▪ The Council is introducing means tests for housing tenants.
▪ The judge ruled that Smith had been elected by unlawful means.
▪ We aim to use peaceful means to bring about change.
▪ You should not regard the course simply as a means to an end.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ If a customer inquires about a better interest rate or a tax deferral plan, by all means make a referral.
▪ One of the simplest means is to buy a tally counter.
▪ The lord lieutenancy was originally devised by the Tudors as a means of internal security.
▪ The operation of rental and freehold land markets is compared to inheritance as a means of access to land.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
means
"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.
Wiktionary
WordNet
Wikipedia
Means (band)
Means was a Canadian Christian Post-hardcore/ Melodic hardcore band from Regina, Saskatchewan.
Means (surname)
Means is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Carey Means, American voice actor
- David Means, American writer
- Gardiner Means (1896–1988), American economist
- Gaston Means (1879–1938), American private detective, bootlegger, and con artist
- Jimmy Means, American race car driver and owner
- John Means (disambiguation)
- Natrone Means, American Football running-back
- Rice W. Means (1877–1949), Republican United States Senator from Colorado
- Russell Means (1939–2012), American activist
Means
Means may refer to:
- Means (surname)
- Mean, a term used in mathematics and statistics
- Means (ethics), something of instrumental value in order to achieve an end
- Means (law), an aspect of a crime needed to convince a jury of guilt in a criminal proceeding
- Means, Kentucky, a small town in the United States
- Means (band), a Christian hardcore band from Regina, Saskatchewan
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.