Definition of means noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

MEANS definition: 1. a method or way of doing something: 2. money, for example from an income, that allows you to…. Learn more.

norm means the average of performance of a significantly large group, class, or grade.

The tools needed to do something can also be called the means. You don't have the means to make an art project if you need paint and feathers and you have neither.

It is plural when it refers to a group of strategies or methods: The most effective means for dealing with the drug problem have often been those suggested by the affected communities.

Usually, means. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end: The telephone is a means of communication. There are several means of solving the …

MEANS definition: (functioning as singular or plural) the medium, method, or instrument used to obtain a result or achieve an end See examples of means used in a sentence.

A means of doing something is a method, instrument, or process which can be used to do it. Means is both the singular and the plural form for this use. The move is a means to fight crime.

MEANS meaning: 1 : a way of doing something or of achieving a desired result; 2 : the money that someone has wealth

If one thing means another, it shows that the second thing exists or is true. An enlarged prostate does not necessarily mean cancer. [VERB noun] Just because he has a beard doesn't …