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of means

of means prepositional phrase: possessing significant wealth, especially as suggesting social standing.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Possessing significant wealth, especially as suggesting social standing.
    • He seemed a person of means and leisure, but he knew nothing of recent concerts, theatres, or books.1896, H. G. Wells, chapter 29, in The Wheels of Chance
    • The reward offered by Mrs. Hasbrouck for the detection of the murderer was a very large one. She is a woman of means.1915, Anna Katharine Green, The Golden Slipper, Problem 7

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Questions about of means

What does of means mean?
Of means means possessing significant wealth, especially as suggesting social standing.
What part of speech is of means?
Of means is a prepositional phrase.

Words near of means in the dictionary

  1. of its part
  2. of its proper movement
  3. of itself
  4. of Koranic proportions
  5. of late
  6. of means
  7. of mine
  8. of modest means
  9. of new
  10. of no avail
  11. of note

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