Means and Portion

Means

Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.

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Portion and means are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Portion" instead a noun "Means".

Nearby Words: mean, meaning

Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.

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Means and portion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Means" instead a noun "Portion".

Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless

human	human means	human portion
good	good means	good portion
physical	physical means	physical portion
better	better means	better portion
Other adjectives: certain, visible, actual, main, new, limited, unknown.

Bulkhead saves Miko by holding up the portion of the cave ceiling just above her, but this means he can't move.

Source: Alas, Poor Scrappy
This means that a fair portion of the things we saw from the first three seasons, including character relationships, never happened or happened in wildly different ways.

Source: Nothing Is the Same Anymore
Unfortunately, this means that any away missions puts a significant portion of the Alliance leadership at risk.

Source: Western Animation / Shadow Raiders

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