Device - English meaning

noun

The three-toed sloth.

Usage examples:

The people of these areas call the 3-toed sloth "ai" after its shrill cry("ai-ai!").

noun

Short for artificial intelligence.

abbreviation

Amnesty international.

noun

A desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place.

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The property is situated in a convenient location, close to all local amenities

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Something intended to make life more pleasant or comfortable for people

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Straus established employee amenities such as restrooms, medical care, and a lunchroom.

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Something such as a swimming pool or shopping area that is intended to make life more pleasant or convenient for people in a town, hotel, or other place

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Public amenities., in some countries most people earn less than a dollar a day and lack basic ameni…

noun

The technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.

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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus

noun

A set of equipment, tools, or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

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[ c ] the garage had an apparatus to lift cars up., technology has moved so fast, the old regulator…

noun

A set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

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A piece of apparatus, the divers checked their breathing apparatus.

noun

A device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task.

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Electrical and gas appliances

noun

A device, machine, or piece of equipment, esp. an electrical one that is used in the home, such as a refrigerator or washing machine

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Electrical/home/household/kitchen appliances

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A device, machine, or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine

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There should be incentives for installing energy-efficient appliances., domestic/kitchen/household …

noun

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.

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An industry dominated by artifice

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(the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive

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Amazingly for hollywood, she seems almost entirely without artifice.

noun

A machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe.

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Repairing stereos and making contraptions out of spare electronic bits

noun

An awkward or old-fashioned looking device or machine

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A device or machine that looks awkward or old-fashioned, especially one that you do not know how to use

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Strange contraption what's that strange contraption in the garage?

noun

The use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality.

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The requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym

noun

The act of intentionally arranging for something to happen by clever planning, or something that is arranged in this way

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Because of the timing, i'm sure the salary freeze is a deliberate contrivance, not a coincidence., …

noun

A clever device or object that has been invented for a particular purpose

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We stay dry using an ingenious little contrivance called an umbrella.

noun

The state of being able to proceed with something without difficulty.

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Services should be run to suit the convenience of customers, not of staff

The quality of being useful

noun

The fact that something is suitable for your purposes and causes no difficulty for your schedule or plans

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[ u ] i enjoy the convenience of having my groceries delivered., [ u ] repairs were scheduled at th…

verb

Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

Marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists

noun

A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.

Usage examples:

A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility i managed to avoid at it.

verb

A quick evasive movement

adjective

(of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

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Either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so

noun

A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral.

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The current policy is a political expedient

adjective

Helpful or useful in a particular situation, and without considering any moral question that might influence your decision

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We thought it expedient not to pay the builder until he finished the work., political expediency

noun

A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one.

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A variety of kitchen gadgets

noun

A small device or machine with a particular purpose

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This handy gadget separates egg yolks from whites.

noun

A small machine or piece of electronic equipment that has a particular purpose

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Latest/modern/new gadgets with competition heating up, the latest gadgets have added features to se…

noun

An act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation.

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His resignation was a tactical gambit

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Something that you do or say that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk

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The arrest of the political leader was seen as the opening gambit in a move to take control of the …

noun

A clever action in a game or other situation that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk

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Opening gambit her clever opening gambit gave her an early advantage., their promise to lower taxes…

noun

An activity that one engages in for amusement or fun.

Usage examples:

The kids were playing a game with their balloons

adjective

Eager or willing to do something new or challenging.

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They were game for anything

verb

Manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair or unscrupulous.

Usage examples:

It was very easy for a few big companies to game the system

noun

A tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose.

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Garden implements

verb

Put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect.

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The scheme to implement student loans

A piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose

noun

A tool or implement, especially one for precision work.

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A surgical instrument

verb

Equip (something) with measuring instruments.

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Engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere

noun

An object, such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which is played to produce musical sounds

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He plays saxophone, trumpet, and several other instruments., surgical instruments

verb

Arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.

Usage examples:

I was intrigued by your question

noun

The secret planning of something illicit or detrimental.

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The cabinet was a nest of intrigue

verb

To interest someone, often because of an unusual or unexpected quality

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I was intrigued by his slow, deliberate way of talking and the serious look in his eyes., she has w…

noun

The action of inventing something, typically a process or device.

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The invention of printing in the 15th century

noun

Something newly designed or created, or the activity of designing or creating new things

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[ c ] the mountain bike was a california invention., [ u ] the invention of the pressure cooker pro…

noun

A product or a way of doing something which has never been made or never existed before

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Turning an invention from an idea into a money-making product is a long job., a new inventions, the…

noun

A plot or scheme.

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But hollinghurst doesn't rely on tabloid-inspired plot machinations to keep the book's engine ticki…

noun

An apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.

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A fax machine

verb

Make or operate on with a machine.

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The cylinder covers are waiting to be machined

noun

A device with moving parts that uses power to do work of a particular type

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A sewing/washing machine, an answering machine, he was a product of an old-line party machine.

noun

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

Usage examples:

Snowboarders performed daring manoeuvres on precipitous slopes

verb

Move skilfully or carefully.

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The lorry was unable to manoeuvre comfortably in the narrow street

noun

A planned action that is intended to get an advantage

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This manoeuvre has the effect of rewarding those shareholders who sell at the expense of those who …

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

plural noun

An action or system by which a result is achieved; a method.

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Technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation

noun

A system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery.

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A third motor powers the tape eject mechanism

noun

A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together

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Automatic cameras have a special focusing mechanism., the mechanism for collecting taxes needs revi…

noun

A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together

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The elevator has a safety mechanism which prevents it from falling., a mechanism to do sth we need …

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

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She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

noun

A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Usage examples:

The un peace plan

verb

Decide on and make arrangements for in advance.

Usage examples:

They were planning a trip to egypt

verb

A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved

noun

A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.

Usage examples:

They have been jailed for their part in a plot to defraud a swiss bank

verb

Secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action).

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The two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign

noun

A secret plan to do something that is wrong, harmful, or illegal

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The police discovered a plot to rob the bank., the novel has a complicated plot that is sometimes d…

noun

A cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

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This was widely interpreted as a ploy to buy time in order to consolidate his position

noun

An action intended to deceive someone; a trick.

Usage examples:

Emma tried to think of a ruse to get paul out of the house

proper noun

An industrial city and the principal port of bulgaria, on the river danube; population 156,959 (2008). turkish during the middle ages, it was captured by russia in 1877 and ceded to bulgaria.

noun

A large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect.

Usage examples:

The occupational sick pay scheme

verb

Make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.

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Envious of their wealth, he schemed to bring about their downfall

noun

A plan for doing or organizing something

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The committee came up with a creative fundraising scheme., the yellow and white color scheme bright…

verb

Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Usage examples:

A team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

noun

A slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

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A shift in public opinion

verb

Move very slightly

noun

A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end.

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A series of devious stratagems

noun

A plan or trick to achieve something

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Barry devised several stratagems for escape.

noun

Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.

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He had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions

noun

An action taken to hide something from someone

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[ u ] his excuse sounded more like subterfuge than a real reason.

noun

An action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end.

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The minority attempted to control the council by a delaying tactic

noun

A specific action intended to get a particular result

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Oliver’s clumsy tactics doomed the plan from the start.

noun

A planned method for achieving a particular result

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I think we'll have to change our marketing tactics., the tactics used by the salesman made her unco…

noun

A device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.

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Gardening tools

verb

Impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover).

Usage examples:

Volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold

noun

A piece of equipment that you use to help you do a job, esp. something that you use with your hands to make or repair something

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The only tools you need for this job are a hammer and a screwdriver., we believe the new law will b…

noun

A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone.

Usage examples:

He's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick

verb

Cunningly deceive or outwit.

Usage examples:

Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards

adjective

Intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion.

Usage examples:

A trick question

noun

A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use.

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Kitchen utensils

noun

An implement for practical use

noun

A device or tool having a particular use, esp. in a kitchen

Usage examples:

We packed plates, cups, napkins, and eating utensils for the picnic.

verb

Breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages.

Usage examples:

The illness often leaves her wheezing

noun

A wheezing sound.

Usage examples:

I talk with a wheeze

verb

To make a noise while breathing because of some breathing difficulty

Usage examples:

Since i started exercising regularly, i no longer wheeze when i run for a train.

noun

Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants.

Usage examples:

She didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention

verb

Lure; entice.

Usage examples:

She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk

adjective

Very bad; terrible.

Usage examples:

He was wile when he was young