Phrase Hound found 58 phrases and 14 compound words that contain means. The most common are listed below. Open means in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 58
- means of productionThe combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
- means of transportationAny of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo.
- by all meansEmphatically yes; certainly; definitely.
- means to an endA method by which a goal is achieved.
- means of gracea means by which God gives grace, usually considered to include both word and sacrament, and often other ways as well
- means of laborAll those things with the aid of which man acts upon the subject of his labor, and transforms it.
- means to saythird-person singular simple present indicative of mean to say: To imply or intend to convey with one's words; used to correct or clarify one's previous utterance, or to seek such clarification.
- means-testTo subject a person to a means test, or to require a means test in order to receive a benefit
- means of transportAlternative form of means of transportation: Any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo.
- means of exchangeA medium of exchange.
- ways and meansResources for achieving anything.
- independent meansIncome from one's own assets resulting in no need for employment.
- the end justifies the meansMorally wrong actions are sometimes necessary to achieve morally right outcomes; actions can be considered morally right or wrong only by virtue of the morality of the outcome.
- economy of meansThe principle of using the minimal amount of resources, energy or materials to achieve a maximum, high-quality result.
- sample meansplural of sample mean: Given a random sample mathbf x₁,…, mathbf x_N from an n-dimensional random variable mathbf X, a mean defined as
- private meansA reasonable degree of wealth.
- means the world tothird-person singular simple present indicative of mean the world to: To be loved or cared about a great deal by.
- means testingpresent participle and gerund of means test
- means-testedSubject to a means test.
- means businessthird-person singular simple present indicative of mean business: To be serious, especially where achieving a specific end against opposition is concerned.
- means wellthird-person singular simple present indicative of mean well: To have good intentions; to do with a noble or positive purpose in mind.
- this means warAn avowal of anger towards someone, suggesting revenge is now sought.
- production meansSynonym of means of production: The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
- man of meansA man who possesses sufficient wealth to be regarded as prosperous or well off.
- men of meansplural of man of means: A man who possesses sufficient wealth to be regarded as prosperous or well off.
Compound words 14
- meanshipInstrumentality.
- Apameansplural of Apamean: Of or pertaining to Apamea in Syria or its region.
- Arameansplural of Aramean: Any member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Their homeland is referred to in the Hebrew Bible …
- basemeansplural of basemean: The mean (average) of the dispersion of a gene
- Cadmeansplural of Cadmean: Of or relating to Cadmus, a mythical prince of Thebes, said to have introduced the Phoenician alphabet into Greece.
- Carmeansplural of Carmean: Of or relating to the consort of Zeus Carme in Greek mythology.
- Crimeansplural of Crimean: Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula on the north of the Black Sea, separating it from the Sea of Azov.
- geomeansplural of geomean: geometric mean
- Idumeansplural of Idumean: Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea or Edom, a historical region south of Judea and the Dead Sea, mentioned in the Bible
- intermeansplural of intermean: Something done in the meantime; interlude.