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by means of

/baɪ miːnz əv/

by means of preposition: by using (an object or an approach).

Preposition

by means of

  1. By using (an object or an approach).
    • "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    • Some stone was being loaded into standard gauge wagons by means of a portable conveyor belt.1951 June, “Notes and News: The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 423

by means of meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

by means of in Hindi

by means of, by, via, using; through
के ज़रिए ke zarie

by means of in Tamil

ஆல், துவாரா

by means of in Urdu

by means of, by way of
بوساطت ba-vasātat

by means of in Bengali

by using
করে kore
More languagesFewer languages
by means of in Telugu
గుండా guṇḍā
by means of in Malayalam
മുഖാന്തരം, മുഖേന, ഇന്നതിന്റെ ശക്തിയാൽ, വഴിയായി
by means of in Arabic
بِوَاسِطَة bi-wāsiṭa
by means of in Vietnamese
bằng

Synonyms of by means of

All synonyms of by means of

Questions about by means of

What does by means of mean?
By means of means by using (an object or an approach).
What is by means of in Hindi?
By means of in Hindi is के ज़रिए (ke zarie). See By means of meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is by means of?
By means of is a preposition.
How do you pronounce by means of?
By means of is pronounced /baɪ miːnz əv/.

Words near by means of in the dictionary

  1. by Jupiter
  2. by leaps and starts
  3. by left
  4. by little and little
  5. by long chalks
  6. by means of
  7. by mistake
  8. by my faith
  9. by name
  10. by nature
  11. by night

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: by means of (page history and authors); के ज़रिए (Hindi) (page history and authors); by means of (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بوساطت (Urdu) (page history and authors); by means of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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