device
device Lexical Profile
device Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A piece of mechanical or electronic equipment made or adapted for a particular purpose.
"She connected her mobile device to the local wireless network before downloading the file."
A plan, scheme, or method with a particular aim, often one used to deceive or achieve an advantage.
"The marketing campaign was merely a clever device to distract consumers from the recent price increase."
A stylistic technique or element used in literature, art, or rhetoric to achieve a specific effect.
"The author uses dramatic irony as a literary device to build suspense throughout the final chapters of the novel."
• Rhymes for device
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'devis', via Old French 'devise' (intention, design), ultimately from the Latin verb 'dividere' (to divide).
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