noun
- An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.
- usage: "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
- synonyms: device
- Something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect.
- synonyms: device
- Any clever maneuver.
- usage: "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
- Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery.
- synonyms: device
- An emblematic design (especially in heraldry. )
- usage: "he was recognized by the device on his shield"
- synonyms: device
- An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
- usage: "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices"
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