device

Noun

Meaning

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.

Improperly, an heraldic bearing.

Anything fancifully conceived.

A spectacle or show.

Opinion; decision.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

contrivance design equipment scheme invention apparatus appliance stratagem gadget system project machine tool instrument mechanism
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Antonyms

caprice seascape fact conductor literalism environment
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Hypernyms

design style figure pattern instrumentation maneuver

Hyponyms

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Phrases with the word

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Examples

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce

First, utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved. Eric Hobsbawm

A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. H. L. Mencken

Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry. Ibo Proverb

Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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