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instrumented

instrumented is the simple past and past participle of instrument.

Meaning of instrument

Verb

instrument (third-person singular simple present instruments, present participle instrumenting, simple past and past participle instrumented)

  1. (transitive) To apply measuring devices.
    • an instrumented test article
    Synonyms:
    measure, supervise
  2. (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
    • When the Lit. Mongers deign to notice his work, they dismiss him as a "cult writer," another of their standard ploys. Purdy, not really bitter at the instrumented silence and sneers of the bookchat legions, […]1978 April 15, Mitzel, “An Evening and an Afternoon with James Purdy”, in Gay Community News, page 10
  3. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
    • a sonata instrumented for orchestra
    Synonyms:
    play, arrange

See all 9 meanings of instrument

Words formed from instrumented

Questions about instrumented

What is instrumented the simple past and past participle of?
Instrumented is the simple past and past participle of instrument.

Words near instrumented in the dictionary

  1. instrumentarium
  2. instrumentary
  3. instrumentation
  4. instrumentational
  5. instrumentations
  6. instrumented
  7. instrumenting
  8. instrumention
  9. instrumentist
  10. instrumentists
  11. instrumentlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instrumented (page history and authors); instrument (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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