"mean" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

mean sustantivo

sustantivo + mean
Kolokacji: 13
mean of escape • mean of communication • mean of transportation • mean of transport • mean of production • mean of support • ...
mean + verbo
Kolokacji: 36
reproduced by any means • mean makes • mean achieves • mean gets • mean exists • ...
verbo + mean
Kolokacji: 49
find means • use means • seek means • justify the means • provide a means • live within one's means • ...
(2) use, employ, resort
Kolokacji: 4
(7) devise, found
Kolokacji: 2
1. devise a means = opracowywać sposób devise a means
  • At first it seemed to be impossible, but I soon devised a means.
  • "I had to devise ways and means of not getting killed," he said.
  • In the end, however, he devised a means to put the issue to the test.
  • Could the boy have devised a means of communicating silently with her?
  • I was trying to devise a means of avoiding "Have any luck?"
  • We want to devise a means of doing this.
  • Kim had devised a means by which he could respond to Hammond.
  • I will even devise a means to roll back the biological clock to make the old young again.
  • We think there are other worlds somewhere, and we're devising means to make the trip.
  • Once the laws are introduced, the coaches and the players will try to devise means of using them to their own advantage.
2. found as a means = zakładać sposób found as a means
(8) lack, require
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + mean
Kolokacji: 222
only mean • effective mean • primary mean • modest mean • necessary mean • legal mean • peaceful mean • mechanical mean • ...
preposición + mean
Kolokacji: 18
without means • by means • through means • beyond one's means • within one's means • ...

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