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   device

   /dɪˈvʌɪs/

   noun

   • 1. a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment: "a measuring device" Similar implementgadgetutensiltoolappliancepiece of equipmentapparatuspiece of apparatuspiece of hardwareinstrumentmachinemechanismcontrivancecontraptioninventionconvenienceamenityaidinformal:gizmowidgetmod con
   • ▪ a bomb or other explosive weapon: "an incendiary device"
   • ▪ a piece of portable electronic equipment that can connect to the internet, such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop computer: "a service that attempts to make all of your files available on all your devices whenever you want them"
   • 2. a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim: "writing a letter to a newspaper is a traditional device for signalling dissent" Similar ployplancunning plantacticmovemeansstratagemschemeplottrickrusegambitmanoeuvremachinationintriguecontrivanceexpedientdodgeartificesubterfugegamewileinformal:wheezearchaic:shift
   • ▪ a form of words intended to produce a particular effect in speech or a literary work: "a rhetorical device"
   • 3. a drawing or design: "the decorative device on the invitations"
   • ▪ an emblematic or heraldic design: "their shields bear the device of the Blazing Sun" Similar emblemsymbollogobadgestamptrademarkcrestinsigniacoat of armsescutcheonsealmarkfiguredesignrunelogotypelogogrammonogramhallmarktagmottotokenmotifcolophonideogram
   • ▪ the design or look of something: archaic "works of strange device"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French devis, based on Latin divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere. The original sense was ‘desire or intention’, found now only in leave someone to their own devices (which has become associated with device (sense 2)).

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