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- [dih-vahys]
- /dɪˈvaɪs/
- /dɪˈvaɪs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dih-vahys]
- /dɪˈvaɪs/
Definitions of device word
- countable noun device A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something. 3
- countable noun device A device is a method of achieving something. 3
- noun device a machine or tool used for a specific task; contrivance 3
- noun device a bomb 3
- noun device a plan or plot, esp a clever or evil one; scheme; trick 3
- noun device any ornamental pattern or picture, as in embroidery 3
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Origin of device
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; blend of late Middle English devis division, discourse and devise heraldic device, will; both < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin dīvīsa, feminine of dīvīsus; see division
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Parts of speech for Device
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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device popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
device usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for device
noun device
- gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- gadget — a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
- material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
Antonyms for device
noun device
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
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