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means
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 means
Thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end:
— A means of control.
synoniemen: agency, way.
Roget 631:
instrumentality;
aid
etc.
707;
subservience,
subserviency;
mediation,
intervention,
medium,
intermedium†,
vehicle,
hand;
agency
etc.
170.
minister,
handmaid;
midwife,
accoucheur [Fr.],
accoucheuse [Fr.],
obstetrician;
gobetween;
cat's-paw;
stepping-stone.
opener
etc.
260;
key;
master key,
passkey,
latchkey;
open sesame;"
passport,
passe-partout,
safe-conduct,
password.
instrument
etc.
633;
expedient
etc.
(plan)
626;
means
etc.
632.
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Roget 780:
property,
possession,
suum cuique [Lat.],
meum et tuum [Lat.].
ownership,
proprietorship,
lordship;
seignority†;
empire
etc.
(dominion)
737.
interest,
stake,
estate,
right,
title,
claim,
demand,
holding;
tenure
etc.
(possession)
777;
vested interest,
contingent interest,
beneficial interest,
equitable interest;
use,
trust,
benefit;
legal estate,
equitable estate;
seizin [Law],
seisin [Law].
absolute interest,
paramount estate,
freehold;
fee tail,
fee simple;
estate in fee,
estate in tail,
estate tail;
estate in tail male,
estate in tail female,
estate in tail general.
limitation,
term,
lease,
settlement,
strict settlement,
particular estate;
estate for life,
estate for years,
estate pur autre vie [Fr.];
remainder,
reversion,
expectancy,
possibility.
dower,
dowry,
jointure†,
appanage,
inheritance,
heritage,
patrimony,
alimony;
legacy
etc.
(gift)
784;
Falcidian law,
paternal estate,
thirds.
assets,
belongings,
means,
resources,
circumstances;
wealth
etc.
803;
money
etc.
800;
what one is worth,
what one will cut up for;
estate and effects.
landed property,
landed real estate property;
realty;
land,
lands;
tenements;
hereditaments;
corporeal hereditaments,
incorporeal hereditaments;
acres;
ground
etc.
(earth)
342;
acquest†,
messuage,
toft†.
territory,
state,
kingdom,
principality,
realm,
empire,
protectorate,
sphere of influence.
manor,
honor,
domain,
demesne;
farm,
plantation,
hacienda;
allodium
etc.
(free)
748†;
fief,
fieff†,
feoff†,
feud,
zemindary†,
dependency;
arado†,
merestead†,
ranch.
free lease-holds,
copy lease-holds;
folkland†;
chattels real;
fixtures,
plant,
heirloom;
easement;
right of common,
right of user.
personal property,
personal estate,
personal effects;
personalty,
chattels,
goods,
effects,
movables;
stock,
stock in trade;
things,
traps,
rattletraps,
paraphernalia;
equipage
etc.
633.
parcels,
appurtenances.
impedimenta;
luggage,
baggage;
bag and baggage;
pelf;
cargo,
lading.
rent roll;
income
etc.
(receipts)
810;
maul and wedges [U.S.].
patent,
copyright;
chose in action;
credit
etc.
805;
debt
etc.
806.
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Roget 707:
aid,
aidance†;
assistance,
help,
opitulation†,
succor;
support,
lift,
advance,
furtherance,
promotion;
coadjuvancy
etc.
(cooperation)
709†.
patronage,
championship,
countenance,
favor,
interest,
advocacy.
sustentation,
subvention,
alimentation,
nutrition,
nourishment;
eutrophy;
manna in the wilderness;
food
etc.
298;
means
etc.
632.
ministry,
ministration;
subministration†;
accommodation.
relief,
rescue;
help at a dead lift;
supernatural aid;
deus ex machina [Lat.].
supplies,
reinforcements,
reenforcements†,
succors,
contingents,
recruits;
support
etc.
(physical)
215;
adjunct,
ally
etc.
(helper)
711.
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Roget 632:
means,
resources,
wherewithal,
ways and means;
capital
etc.
(money)
800;
revenue;
stock in trade
etc.
636;
provision
etc.
637;
a shot in the locker;
appliances
etc.
(machinery)
633;
means and appliances;
conveniences;
cards to play;
expedients
etc.
(measures)
626;
two strings to one's bow;
sheet anchor
etc.
(safety)
666;
aid
etc.
707;
medium
etc.
631.
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Roget 635:
material,
raw material,
stuff,
stock,
staple;
adobe,
brown stone;
chinking;
clapboard;
daubing;
puncheon;
shake;
shingle,
bricks and mortar;
metal;
stone;
clay,
brick crockery
etc.
384;
compo,
composition;
concrete;
reinforced concrete,
cement;
wood,
ore,
timber.
materials;
supplies,
munition,
fuel,
grist,
household stuff pabulum
etc.
(food)
298;
ammunition
etc.
(arms)
727;
contingents;
relay,
reinforcement,
reenforcement†;
baggage
etc.
(personal property)
780;
means
etc.
632;
calico,
cambric,
cashmere.
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Nederlands: hulpmiddel, instrument, medium, middel
Pools: środek, narzędzie
2 means
An instrumentality for accomplishing some end.
3 means
Considerable capital (wealth or income):
— He is a man of means.
synoniem: substance.
Roget 803:
wealth,
riches,
fortune,
handsome fortune,
opulence,
affluence;
good circumstances,
easy circumstances;
independence;
competence
etc.
(sufficiency)
639;
solvency.
provision,
livelihood,
maintenance;
alimony,
dowry;
means,
resources,
substance;
property
etc.
780;
command of money.
income
etc.
810;
capital,
money;
round sum
etc.
(treasure)
800;
mint of money,
mine of wealth,
El Dorado [Sp.],
bonanza,
Pacatolus,
Golconda,
Potosi.
long purse,
full purse,
well lined purse,
heavy purse,
deep pockets;
purse of Fortunatus [Lat.];
embarras de richesses [Fr.].
pelf,
Mammon,
lucre,
filthy lucre;
loaves and fishes†.
rich man,
moneyed man,
warm man;
man of substance;
capitalist,
millionaire,
tippybob [Slang],
Nabob,
Croesus,
idas,
Plutus,
Dives,
Timon of Athens†;
Timocracy,
Plutocracy;
Danae.
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