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Square Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

mean = result in

Regulations prescribing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance are expected to continue evolving and will mean that banks will have to continuously adapt.

Source: "Keeping clean", VNECONOMY.

I am not sure about the meaning of "mean" in that sentence.
Does it mean "result in" here?
Thank you.
  

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Square Does it mean "result in" here? Yes. I'd say "have the effect".

  • Square Does it mean "result in" here?
  • Yes.
  • I'd say "have the effect".
  • and will have the effect that banks will have to ...
  • CJ
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SquareDoes it mean "result in" here?
Yes. I'd say "have the effect".

... and will have the effect that banks will have to ...

CJ

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