Means and Source

Means

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

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

Nearby Words: mean, meaning

Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Means and source are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Means" instead a noun "Source".

good	good means	good source
best	best means	best source
common	common means	common source
natural	natural means	natural source
Other adjectives: legitimate, likely, visible, popular, powerful, actual, real, reliable, main, alternative, easy, new, sole, possible, apparent, primary, unknown, alternate, different, efficient, available, magical.

Relativistic kill vehicles are the most effective means of destruction possible: after all, any weapon is a means of transferring the energy from the source to the target until the latter breaks.

Source: Analysis / Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better
The Chinese phrase "青出于蓝" literally means to make green/blue out of the indigo plant, but it also metaphorically means to surpass a teacher, like how one can refine a green/blue dye to make it more vibrant than the source of it.

Source: Surpassed the Teacher
This also gives the protagonists a means to fight back; anything that they believe in deeply enough is a source of power.

Source: Literature / Hometown

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