device

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dɪˈvaɪs/]

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1. device (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

Example: Near-synonyms: equipment, tool, machine

2. device (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A peripheral device; an item of hardware.

3. device (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."

Example: His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.

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