Collocations withmean
These are words often used in combination withmean.
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adequate means
Consequently, the patient's current ability to cope depends, in part, on whether he achieved adequate means for adaptation when he experienced stress as a child.
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alternate means
The ethics consultant stressed to the attending physician that fluids need not be administered as long as the baby is kept comfortable by alternate means.
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alternative means
Disarmament without providing soldiers with training, as well as help in finding alternative means of livelihood, leads to instability and internal crises.
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artificial means
The duty of using artificial means of preserving life.
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convenient means
Both students and practitioners need to have a convenient means of pursuing other areas of enquiry.
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diplomatic means
In doing so, he secured essentially maritime objectives by diplomatic means.
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effective mean
It is shown that the proposed method is an effective mean for kinematic and dynamic modelling of parallel mechanisms.
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efficient means
Loyalty, and the acceptance of one's right to decide, are far more efficient means of enjoying power.
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equality mean
To make our own concepts of human dignity and equality mean anything, those conditions have to be attacked, and that requires great economic expansion.
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indirect means
The evaluation process demonstrated that the procedure did not actually alleviate suffering either by direct or indirect means, for example, by the placebo effect.
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legal means
It is clear from the context of these statements that the goods were not secured to wives by any formal legal means.
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legitimate means
What more can we say about legitimate means to ensure survival?
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limited means
Given the limited means at his disposal, this was an accomplishment he might justifiably wish to point out.
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means of locomotion
Consider for example defaults concerning primary means of locomotion: "animals normally walk", "birds normally fly", "penguins normally swim".
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means of persuasion
However, they do not deny that they are constructing an architectural aesthetic, and an aesthetic offered as exemplar is a means of persuasion.
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means of propulsion
It may cover vehicles with electrical means of propulsion, as well as electricity playing a role in their functionality.
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means of subsistence
The presumption is, of course, that the fly, deprived of its means of subsistence, died of starvation.
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means of transmission
This means of transmission represents the tip of the iceberg as far as technology goes.
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modest means
Many men of comparatively modest means appear, at least occasionally, as jurors.
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objective means
First, there is a lack of objective means for considering the numerous criteria that a model must fulfil.
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peaceful means
Meanwhile, the democratic institutions by which conflict can be managed through peaceful means are not yet in place.
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posterior mean
The posterior mean estimates for the residual and genetic correlation agreed very well with the simulated value of 0.0.
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practical means
This had been implemented by a progressive, liberal regime as a practical means to establish social and political consensus and was not ideologically motivated.
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preferred means
Educational opportunities were highly rated, with information, knowledge and training seen as the preferred means for pursuing personal and social growth.
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primary means
Their restriction to shallow marine environments suggests that photosynthesis was the primary means of organic matter production for these benthic communities.
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principal means
The perception of sons and husbands as the principal means of security emphasises the continuing traditional patriarchal form of society in developing countries.
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reliable means
Indeed, when it comes to water, illicit self-provision is apparently seen as a more reliable means than the use of official public channels !
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sole means
For this reason, reliance on insecticides as the sole means of managing infestations was considered at best a short term solution.
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supernatural means
In the book he is described as being connected to a death support system and communicates only by supernatural means.
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technical means
Methods for design of corresponding technical means are developed.
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technological means
This seemingly disparate collection of instruments is joined by a common goal: each instrument sought novel, technological means by which to produce sound.
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viable means
I believe that music for instrument(s) and tape will remain a viable means of musical expression well into the future.
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violent means
While recognizing the possibility of violent means, the philosopher refused to concede their inevitability.
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voluntary means
In their place he constructs a new pyramidic model: at the base of the pyramid are what you might call the voluntary means, that is persuasion, information and so on.
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