Means vs With - What's the difference?
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An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
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Against.
* 1621 , , The Proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/john_smith.html]
In the company of; alongside, along side of; close to; near to.
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In addition to; as an accessory to.
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* 1590 , Sir (Philip Sidney), (w, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia) ,
* 1697 , (Virgil), (John Dryden) (translator), '', in ''The Works of Virgil ,
* 1861 , (Alexander Pope), The Rev. George Gilfillan (editor) The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne'', in ''
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
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, title= (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
* 1300s? , Political, Religious and Love Poems , “An A B C Poem on the Passion of Christ”, ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1866
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* 1669 , (Nathaniel Morton), New England’s Memorial
Using as an instrument; by means of.
* 1430? , “The Love of Jesus” in Hymns to the Virgin and Christ , ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1867, p.26
* 1619 , (Francis Beaumont) and (John Fletcher), A King and no King , Act IV
* 1620 , (William Bradford). Of Plymouth Plantation [http://narcissus.umd.edu:8080/eada/html/display.jsp?docs=bradford_history.xml&action=show]
* 1677 , (w), The plain-dealer , Prologue
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (obsolete) As nourishment, more recently replaced by on.
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Having, owning.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (Midwestern US) along, together with others/group etc.
* King James Bible
As nouns the difference between means and with
is that means is while with is .As a verb means
is (mean).As a preposition with is
against.As an adverb with is
(midwestern us) along, together with others/group etc.means
English
(wikipedia means)Noun
(head)- A car is a means of transport .
Ed Pilkington
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- He was living beyond his means .
Usage notes
Frequently contrasted with , as in “a means to an end”. Similar contrast is (process) vs. (product).Synonyms
* (l)Verb
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) with, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (obsolete contraction) * (abbreviation) *Preposition
(English prepositions)- Many hatchets, knives, & pieces of iron, & brass, we see, which they reported to have from the Sasquesahanocks a mighty people, and mortal enemies with the Massawomecks.
- With that she told me that though she spake of her father, whom she named Chremes, she would hide no truth from me: ...
- With this he pointed to his face, and show'd
- His hand and all his habit smear'd with blood.
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope,
- See where, on earth, the flowery glories lie,
- With' her they flourish'd, and ' with her they die.
- With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",
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- Al þus with iewys I am dyth, I seme a wyrm to manus syth.
- Ysiphile, betrayed with Jasoun, / Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun;
- He was torn to / pieces with a bear:
- He was sick and lame of the scurvy, so as he could but lie in the cabin-door, and give direction, and, it should seem, was badly assisted either with mate or mariners
- Þirle my soule with þi spere anoon,
- you have paid me equal, Heavens, / And sent my own rod to correct me with
- They had cut of his head upon the cudy of his boat had not the man reskued him with a sword,
- And keep each other company in spite, / As rivals in your common mistress, fame, / And with faint praises one another damn;
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- I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran.
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "with")Derived terms
* withness * with itSynonyms
* * (medicine)Antonyms
* withoutAdverb
(-)- Do you want to come with?
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.