Tra từ means - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

means BrE [miːnz] NAmE [miːnz] noun (pl. means)
1. countable ~ (of sth/of doing sth) an action, an object or a system by which a result is achieved; a way of achieving or doing sth
• Television is an effective means of communication.
• Is there any means of contacting him?
•Have you any means of identification?
•We needed to get to London but we had no means of transport.
2. plural the money that a person has
•People should pay according to their means.
•He doesn't have the means to support a wife and child.
•Private school fees are beyond the means of most people (= more than they can afford).
•Are the monthly repayments within your means (= can you afford them)?
•Try to live within your means (= not spend more money than you have).
•a man of means (= a rich man)
more at the end justifies the means at ↑end _n., by fair means or foul at ↑fair _adj., ways and means at ↑way _n.
Idioms: ↑by all means ▪ ↑by means of something ▪ ↑by no means ▪ ↑means to an end ▪ ↑not by any means

Word Origin:
late Middle English: plural of ↑mean (noun), the early sense being ‘intermediary’.

Thesaurus:
means [means] noun C
•TV is a highly effective means of communication.
method • • way • • system • • mechanism • • technique • • process •
a means/method/system/mechanism/technique/process for (doing) sth
a means/way/method/system/technique of (doing) sth
use a means/method/system/technique/process
devise/develop a means/method/way/system/technique/process

Example Bank:
•Eligibility for the benefit was determined by a means test.
•Gold has been the preferred means of exchange for centuries.
•He saw his education merely as a means to an end.
•In the case of torture, the end can never justify the means.
•Infringement of copyright includes distribution by electronic means.
•My English teacher provided me with the means to enjoy reading poetry.
•Oil lamps were the sole means of illumination.
•Painting had become his primary means of self-expression.
•Private school fees are beyond the means of most people.
•She finds it difficult to live within her means.
•She must have independent means to live in such style.
•The stone was lifted by means of a rope and pulley.
•There are ways and means of raising money.
•They cannot achieve their goal through legal means.
•War is famously ‘the continuation of policy by other means’.
•We have no means of knowing how they will react.
•We will use every possible means to achieve our objective.
•a means of access/communication/transport
•a means of getting what you want
•an effective means of mass communication
•people who lack visible means of support
•the means for achieving happiness
•Do you have any means of identification?
•He did not have the means to support a family.
•I don't believe that in this case the means justified the end.
•People should pay according to their means.
•TV is a highly effective means of communication.
•The study aims to provide a means of testing the theory.
•Try to live within your means.
•We must look for an alternative means of escape.
•We will use whatever means are necessary.
•What means of transport did they use?
•a man/woman of means