means

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A method or way of achieving a result.

   Email is a quick means of communication.

2. 2
   noun

   Money or wealth that a person has.

   They are a family of considerable means.

Common collocations

• means test Noun + noun

Various origins: * Reduced form of McMeans, a surname of Irish origin. * Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Meon, in Hampshire. * A nickname from Middle English mene (“inferior in rank”), which is from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general”), or Middle English mene (“moderate in behaviour”), which is from Old French mëen, mean.

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