Are you trying to hyphenate MEANS? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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How a result is obtained or an end is achieved A means of control An example is the best agency of instruction The true way to success |
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An instrumentality for accomplishing some end |
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Considerable capital (wealth or income) He is a man of means |
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Mean or intend to express or convey You never understand what I mean! What do his words intend? |
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Have as a logical consequence The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers |
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Denote or connote `maison' means `house' in French An example sentence would show what this word means |
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Have in mind as a purpose I mean no harm I only meant to help you She didn't think to harm me We thought to return early that night |
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Have a specified degree of importance My ex-husband means nothing to me Happiness means everything |
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Intend to refer to I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France Yes |
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I meant you when I complained about people who gossip! |
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Destine or designate for a certain purpose These flowers were meant for you |
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Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value The average income in New England is below that of the nation Of average height for his age The mean annual rainfall |
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Characterized by malice A hateful thing to do In a mean mood |
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Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble- Edmund Burke Taking a mean advantage Chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort- Shakespeare Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics |
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Excellent Famous for a mean backhand |
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Marked by poverty befitting a beggar A beggarly existence in the slums A mean hut |
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(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity A mean person He left a miserly tip |
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(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt |
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Of no value or worth I was caught in the bastardly traffic |