The meaning of Devise

noun

A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Usage examples:

She opened her purse and took out a coin

verb

Make (coins) by stamping metal.

Usage examples:

Guineas and half-guineas were coined

phrasal verb

Produce something, especially when pressured or challenged.

Usage examples:

He keeps coming up with all kinds of lame excuses

phrasal verb

To suggest or think of an idea or plan

Usage examples:

He came up with a great idea for the ad campaign.

phrasal verb

To suggest or think of an idea or plan

Usage examples:

Come up with a plan/idea/solution they came up with a plan to make us more efficient., come up with…

verb

Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry).

Usage examples:

He composed the first violin sonata four years earlier

verb

Form the substance of

verb

Create (an embryo) by fertilizing an egg.

Usage examples:

She was conceived when her father was 49

verb

To bring a thought or idea into being; imagine

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] when they talk about billions of dollars, i can’t even conceive of that muc…

verb

Make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients.

Usage examples:

She began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him

verb

To invent a story or excuse, esp. to deceive others

Usage examples:

He concocted the story because he did not want to do his chores., he concocted a tasty stew from th…

verb

To make something, usually food, by adding several different parts together, often in a way that is original or not planned

Usage examples:

He concocted the most amazing dish from all sorts of leftover food.

verb

Build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine).

Usage examples:

A company that constructs oil rigs

noun

An idea or theory containing various conceptual elements, typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence.

Usage examples:

History is largely an ideological construct

verb

Make by combining materials and parts

verb

Bring (something) into existence.

Usage examples:

He created a thirty-acre lake

verb

Bring into existence

verb

To cause something to exist, or to make something new or imaginative

Usage examples:

He created some of the most magnificent works of art ever made., the new hotel is expected to creat…

noun

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.

Usage examples:

He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

Usage examples:

A number of architectural students were designing a factory

verb

The act of working out the form of something

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

verb

Progress or evolve through a process of natural growth

verb

To grow or cause to grow or change into a more advanced form

Usage examples:

[ t ] this exercise will help develop the shoulder and back muscles (= it will make them stronger).…

phrasal verb

Devise or invent

phrasal verb

To invent something new by using a lot of imagination

Usage examples:

The gerbils is an odd name for a baseball team – who dreamed it up?

verb

Invent (something) in order to deceive.

Usage examples:

Officers fabricated evidence

verb

To invent or produce something in order to deceive

Usage examples:

She fabricated charges that her boss was stealing money., that story is a complete fabrication.

verb

To manufacture something

Usage examples:

Techniques for fabricating microchips on circuits are advancing all the time., the company's main b…

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

verb

Create or prepare methodically.

Usage examples:

The government has formulated a policy on waste management

verb

Prepare according to instructions

verb

To create something, esp. by putting together different parts

Usage examples:

The administration said it was formulating a new policy for the middle east., new drugs are being f…

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

Usage examples:

His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Usage examples:

He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

Usage examples:

The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

verb

Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of.

Usage examples:

He invented an improved form of the steam engine

verb

Come up with after a mental effort

verb

To design or create something that did not exist before

Usage examples:

Gutenberg invented movable type in the 15th century., i don’t know what i really saw and what i’ve …

collocation

Form or compose

phrasal verb

Invent a story or plan.

Usage examples:

She enjoyed making up tall tales

phrasal verb

(of parts) compose or constitute a whole.

Usage examples:

Women make up 56 per cent of the student body

verb

Have a specified beginning.

Usage examples:

The word originated as a marketing term

verb

Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.

Usage examples:

The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft

noun

Agricultural and other natural products collectively.

Usage examples:

Dairy produce

verb

Bring forth or yield

collocation

Find the solution to or understand the meaning of

phrasal verb

Plan or devise something in detail.

Usage examples:

We need to work out a seating plan

phrasal verb

Solve a sum or determine an amount by calculation.

Usage examples:

The interest rate is worked out by adding a certain amount to the current base rate