#means.effectuation__mean__agency__way  how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
  supertype:  #effectuation__implementation  the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something)
  subtype:  #dint  interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'
  subtype:  #escape.means  a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
  subtype:  #road  a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"
     subtype:  #royal_road__royalroad  an auspicious way or means to achieve something: "the royal road to success"
  subtype:  #stepping_stone  any means of advancement; "the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches"
  subtype:  #expedient  a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
     subtype:  #makeshift__stopgap  something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
     subtype:  #crutch  anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"
     subtype:  #improvisation__temporary_expedient__temporaryexpedient  an unplanned expedient
     subtype:  #pis_aller__pisaller__last_resort  French for `worst going'
  subtype:  #desperate_measure__desperatemeasure  desperate actions taken as a means to an end; "he had to resort to desperate measures"
  subtype:  #open_sesame  any very successful means of achieving a result
  subtype:  #salvation  a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"
  subtype:  #tooth.means  a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it"
  subtype:  #voice.means  a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"
  subtype:  #wings__wing  a means of flight or ascent; "necessity lends wings to inspiration"

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