means
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3.9
- noun
- /miːnz/
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- She was grateful for the financial means to support her education.
- financial means
- modest means
- live beyond one's means
Like no guys, like I live definitely below my means by by actually a large amount.
- Like no guys, like I live definitely below my means by by actually a large amount.
- Poor dad would say live below your means and rich dad would say expand your means.
- Hey guys, make sure you stay at home if you have the means to do so.
- You cannot leave when you have nowhere to go and have not the means to go there.
- No, I'm being honest here, David, a man of humble means.
- I feel very financially secure because I live below my means.
- And Joyner provides this framework that is, do you have the means?
- So save and invest, live below your means, be diligent, always think for the future, and be patient.
- I really, really, really think that the best way to push somebody above their own means is to guilt them into it.
- No, I thought I, I, after thinking about it a while, I thought it might be OK because I, I just didn't have the means to take care of her.
- And it's going to be a whole new world for Americans because Americans have been able to live way beyond their means.
- Enabled what wish to enable people of modest means to make to to buy a home.
- I, I am, have made the decision to come to Starbucks because I have the means instead.
- short. But telling somebody to live below your means
Examples
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I like to think my parents loved me very much, but just didn't have the means to properly care for me.
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And he has the means to get you out.
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Hey guys, make sure you stay at home if you have the means to do so.
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It's also about people, specifically what people with means do with their wealth.
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Poor dad would say live below your means and rich dad would say expand your means.
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Their increased income gave them the means to enjoy the cultural life surrounding them.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sports are not the only means for universities to raise needed capital.
Academic text (2011) -
And I just thought, I feel very privileged to have the means to say I can afford this right now.
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I've heard of you as a man of some means and some quality.
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We don't have the means to exile him.
Synonyms
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1.0
Coins, bills, or bank savings people use to buy things and pay for services
726
3.4
Money or property used to start and grow a business
507
1.3
A large amount of money and valuable things that a person or country owns
453
2.8
A very large amount of money
157
3.3
The money and property a person or company has and manages
103
6.7
A large amount of money or property
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4.0
A person or company with a lot of money to pay for things
14
6.3
A lot of money and valuable things that a person or place has
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1.4
A large amount of money and valuable things
5
1.0
Money available to spend for a specific purpose
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3.2
A situation of having a lot of money or valuable things
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4.4
Money that is available to spend or invest
Having a lot of money and expensive things like houses or cars
Valuable things a person or company owns, like money and buildings
Money or possessions you can use to pay for things
Antonyms
Idioms
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7.0
To do whatever is needed to reach a goal, even if the actions are difficult or harmful
Compounds
- Formal
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6.3
A permanent group in the US House that suggests laws about taxes and government money
- Formal
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4.2
A government check of how much money someone has to see if they can get financial help
- Specialized
A tall grass that spreads by creeping roots and feeds animals but can be a farm pest
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Means also grew to mean the things you can use to get something, especially money or resources, a helpful way to remember is to think of it as 'what you have to use'. So when someone has the means, they have the money or resources needed to do something.