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means  

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  • NomBFmeanPREmé-
    1. plural of mean.
      1. NC (singular and plural) An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
        1. She treated him as a means to an end. ‎
        2. A car is a means of transport.
      2. NU (plural only) Resources; riches.
        1. a person of means;   independent means
        2. He was living beyond his means.
    2. VerbeBFmeanPRmeaningPT, PPmeantPT, PPmeaned
      1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of mean.
      2. Plus d'exemples
        1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
          • The true religion occupies the happy mean between miserable unfaith, on the one hand, and timorous superstition, wild fanaticism, and pietistical zeal on the other.
          • His vast store of jokes means he has something funny to say in every situation. ‎
          • His was a nature— weak I own — that felt a sordidness in narrow means and their attendants ; the ugliness of poverty pained his spirit.
        2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
          • He's like a human parrot: he resays whatever he's told - without any comprehension of its meaning.
          • The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning.
          • No longer just an excuse to eat great food and drink fine riesling, the Spring Festival has taken on new meaning.

      Meaning of means for the defined word.

      Grammaticalement, ce mot "means" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable, un pluralia tantum et un singularia tantum. C'est aussi un verbe, plus spécifiquement, un formes verbale.
      • Partie du discours Hiérarchie
        1. Noms
          • Noms Dénombrable
            • Pluralia tantum
              • Singularia tantum
                • Noms Indénombrable
              • Verbes
                • Formes verbales
                  • Formes singulières Verb
                    • Troisième personne du singulier formes
              Difficulté: Niveau 1
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              Facile     ➨     Difficile
              Définition: Niveau 8
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              Précis    ➨     Polyvalent
              Liens Connexes:
              1. en meanship
              2. en means test
              3. en means-test
              4. en means-tested
              5. en meanspirited
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