Search results
- Dictionarydevise/dɪˈvʌɪz/
verb
- 1. plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought: "a training programme should be devised"
- 2. leave (something, especially real estate) to someone by the terms of a will.
noun
- 1. a clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
Devised is the past tense and past participle of devise, which means to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination. See how to use devised in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.
- English (US)
to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your...
- Znaczenie Devised, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DEVISED definicja: 1. past simple and past participle of...
- Devise
to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your...
- English (US)
Devise means to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination. It can also mean to leave someone money or property in a will. See how to use devise in different contexts and languages.
to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination: He's good at devising language games that you can play with students in class. The cartoon characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown were devised by Charles M. Schultz. Fewer examples.
Devise can be a verb meaning to invent, plan, or give property by will, or a noun meaning a gift of property by will. Learn the etymology, synonyms, examples, and legal usage of devise.
Devised definition: contrived, planned, invented, or designed. See examples of DEVISED used in a sentence.
devise. [ dih- vahyz ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) , de·vised, de·vis·ing. to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method. Theater. to develop (a play) collaboratively with the performers: Based on the lives of women in engineering, the students devised the play themselves.
verb. /dɪˈvaɪz/ Verb Forms. devise something to invent something new or a new way of doing something synonym think up. A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Take your English to the next level.
