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devices

US/dəˈvaɪsɪz/

devices is the plural of device.

Meaning of device

Noun

device (plural devices)

  1. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
    • Near-synonyms: equipment, tool, machine
  2. A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
  3. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
    • His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 51:11
  4. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
    • Inflammable material is planted in my head / It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead1979, Stiff Little Fingers, Suspect Device
  5. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
    • 1736. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York Chapter I, Article III: Enumeration of the Indian Tribes.
      The devices of these savages are the serpent, the Deer, and the Small Acorn.
  6. (rhetoric) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

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Words formed from devices

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Questions about devices

What is devices the plural of?
Devices is the plural of device.
How do you pronounce devices?
Devices is pronounced /dəˈvaɪsɪz/ (US).

Words near devices in the dictionary

  1. deviceful
  2. devicefully
  3. devicefulness
  4. deviceless
  5. devicelike
  6. devices
  7. devices under test
  8. devicetree
  9. devicetree blob
  10. devictimize
  11. devictimized

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