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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

See mean.

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[edit] Noun

means

  1. Plural form of mean.
  2. (plurale tantum) That by which something is done; a tool, device, or strategy to achieve something; as, a means to an end.
  3. (plurale tantum) Resources; riches; as, a person of means.

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that by which something is done
resources
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[edit] Verb

means

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mean.

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Present active participle of meō (“‘go along, traverse’”)

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[edit] Participle

meāns m., f., n. (genitive meantis); third declension

  1. going along, passing, traversing

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
Case \ Gender M.F. N. MM.FF. NN.
nominative meāns meāns meantēs meantia
genitive meantis meantis meantium meantium
dative meantī meantī meantibus meantibus
accusative meantem meāns meantēs meantia
ablative meante1 meante1 meantibus meantibus
vocative meāns meāns meantēs meantia
1 But meantī when used purely as an adjective.
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