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средство — meaning in English

sredstvo

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English meaning

  • agent noun A person who acts on behalf of another, especially in business or legal matters.
  • funds noun Money that is available to spend on something.
  • implement verb To put a plan, decision, or system into actual practice.
  • mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
  • means noun A method, tool, or resource used to achieve a particular result.
  • medium noun A method or channel used to communicate or express something.
  • remedy noun Something that fixes a problem or relieves an unwanted condition.
  • resource noun Something available to be used to achieve a goal, such as materials, money, or people.
  • tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.

Senses

средство is used for these senses in English:

  • agent An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
  • funds Financial resources.
  • implement A tool or instrument for working with.
  • mean Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. [from 14th c.]
  • mean (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms.[from 15th c.]
  • means An instrument or condition to achieve a result. [late 14th c.]
  • medium A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.
  • remedy Something that corrects or counteracts.

agent — full definition

  1. noun A person who acts on behalf of another, especially in business or legal matters.
  2. noun A person who works, often secretly, for a government or intelligence organization.
  3. noun A substance or force that produces an effect.

funds — full definition

  1. noun Money that is available to spend on something.
  2. noun (finance) Government debt securities that pay regular interest.

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