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device

[ dih-vahys ]

noun

  1. a thing made for a particular purpose; an invention or contrivance, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

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  2. a plan or scheme for effecting a purpose.

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  3. a crafty scheme; trick.

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  4. a particular word pattern, figure of speech, combination of word sounds, etc., used in a literary work to evoke a desired effect or arouse a desired reaction in the reader:

    rhetorical devices.

  5. Students may not bring devices into the secure testing center.

    Don't leave your devices in a hot car.

  6. something elaborately or fancifully designed.
  7. a representation or design used as a heraldic charge or as an emblem, badge, trademark, or the like.
  8. a motto.

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  9. Archaic. devising; invention.


device

/ 诲瑟藞惫补瑟蝉 /

noun

  1. a machine or tool used for a specific task; contrivance
  2. euphemistic.
    a bomb
  3. a plan or plot, esp a clever or evil one; scheme; trick
  4. any ornamental pattern or picture, as in embroidery
  5. computer hardware that is designed for a specific function
  6. a written, printed, or painted design or figure, used as a heraldic sign, emblem, trademark, etc
  7. a particular pattern of words, figures of speech, etc, used in literature to produce an effect on the reader
  8. archaic.
    the act or process of planning or devising
  9. leave someone to his own devices
    to leave someone alone to do as he wishes
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别路惫颈肠别顎僨耻濒 adjective
  • 诲别路惫颈肠别顎僨耻濒路ly adverb
  • 诲别路惫颈肠别顎僨耻濒路ness noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of device1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; blend of late Middle English devis 鈥渄iscourse, division鈥 and devise 鈥渉eraldic device, will,鈥 both from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin 诲墨惫墨蝉补, feminine of 诲墨惫墨蝉耻蝉 鈥渄ivided, separated鈥; divisible
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of device1

C13: from Old French devis purpose, contrivance and devise difference, intention, from deviser to divide, control; see devise
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Idioms and Phrases

see leave to someone's own devices .
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Example Sentences

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With no power people relied on having battery in their devices.

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However, scientists from the University of Bath and the University of Calgary in Canada, have set out to prove that cleaners - and similar devices, such as lawnmowers - could be reprogrammed and modified relatively easily.

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He was unable to descend the trail after he lost his crampons - a spiked device that is attached to the bottom of climbing shoes for better traction.

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"I have made my mother's work easy, one part of the device is set on the roof, and another is a motor," he says.

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Officers attended and the device was taken away for further forensic examinations.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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