"by means of" meaning in English

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Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=by means of}} by means of, {{en-prep|head=by means of}} by means of
  1. By using (an object or an approach). Synonyms: via, by, by means of, through, by way of Synonyms (by using): by dint of Hyponyms: by the agency of, with the aid of, through the medium of, by use of Related terms: because of Translations (By using): بِوَاسِطَة (bi-wāsiṭa) (Arabic), باستخدام (besteḵdām) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), vasitəsilə (Azerbaijani), করে (kore) (Bengali), mitjançant (Catalan), per mitjà de (Catalan), ᎬᏗ (gvdi) (Cherokee), (jung⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), (yòng) (Chinese Mandarin), (yǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 依靠 (yīkào) (Chinese Mandarin), 藉著 (Chinese Mandarin), 借著 (jièzhe) (Chinese Mandarin), 借着 (jièzhe) (Chinese Mandarin), pomocí (Czech), aan de hand van (Dutch), door middel van (Dutch), pere de (Esperanto), avulla (Finnish), au moyen de (French), por medio de (Galician), mittels (German), mittelst (German), vermittels (German), per opera di (Italian), per mezzo di (Italian), a cura di (Italian), tramite (Italian), mediante (Italian), (de) (Japanese), ដោយ (daoy) (Khmer), តាមមធ្យោបាយ (taam matyoobaay) (Khmer), តាមរយៈ (taam rea’yea’) (Khmer), (-ro) (Korean), 으로 (-euro) (Korean), ທາງ (thāng) (Lao), per [with-accusative] (Latin), ab [with-ablative] (Latin), yee (Navajo), przy pomocy (Polish), za pomocą (Polish), przy użyciu (Polish), por meio de (Portuguese), при по́мощи (pri pómošči) (Russian), посре́дством (posrédstvom) (Russian), por medio de (Spanish), genom (Swedish), medelst (Swedish), గుండా (guṇḍā) (Telugu), aracılığıyla (Turkish), vasıtasıyla (Turkish), bằng (Vietnamese), medü (Volapük), trwy (Welsh), trwy gyfrwng (Welsh)

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      "roman": "thāng",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "ທາງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "By using",
      "tags": [
        "with-accusative"
      ],
      "word": "per"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "By using",
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ],
      "word": "ab"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "yee"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "przy pomocy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "za pomocą"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "przy użyciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "por meio de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pri pómošči",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "при по́мощи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posrédstvom",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "посре́дством"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "por medio de"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "genom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "medelst"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "guṇḍā",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "గుండా"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "aracılığıyla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "vasıtasıyla"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "bằng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "medü"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "trwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "By using",
      "word": "trwy gyfrwng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "by means of"
}

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