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Synonyms for devise
dɪˈvaɪzde·vise
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devisenoun
a will disposing of real property
deviseverb
(law) a gift of real property by will
invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forgeverb
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
Synonyms:
excogitate, ruminate, work, fake, prepare, make up, develop, contemplate, muse, get up, organize, fabricate, forge, plan, speculate, throw, cast, mull over, think over, form, mould, invent, word, manufacture, mull, explicate, reflect, fashion, articulate, spirt, cook up, organise, meditate, hammer, counterfeit, chew over, contrive, shape, phrase, ponder, spurt, give voice, formulate, project, design, machinate, moldorganize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinateverb
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
"machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
Synonyms:
conspire, excogitate, trick up, prink, drum, rise, ready, coordinate, prepare, stand up, bone up, fig up, mug up, cook, fancy up, fix, develop, elevate, uprise, get up, work up, gear up, organize, forge, unionize, tog up, grind away, lift, make, cram, arise, swot up, cabal, form, gussy up, bring up, attire, train, mastermind, invent, groom, overdress, deck up, complot, direct, raise, engineer, trick out, organise, bone, unionise, set up, turn out, swot, contrive, fig out, dress up, tog out, rig out, orchestrate, formulate, set, conjure, deck out, machinate, educatedeviseverb
give by will, especially real property
Synonyms:
machinate, formulate, get up, invent, organise, excogitate, forge, prepare, contrive, organize
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Devise
Device vs. Devise -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Device and Devise.
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#125 | work | |
#132 | make | |
#189 | set | |
#245 | design | |
#288 | project | |
#368 | form | |
#480 | plan | |
#783 | direct | |
#810 | word | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1873 | fashion | |
#2217 | manage | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2505 | train | |
#2703 | rise | |
#3012 | shape | |
#3139 | cook | |
#3307 | concert | |
#3336 | reflect | |
#3365 | engineer | |
#3551 | raise | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#4053 | bone | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4499 | lift | |
#4807 | drum | |
#5017 | phrase | |
#6134 | fake | |
#6425 | designing | |
#6685 | manufacture | |
#6989 | coordinate | |
#7087 | arise | |
#7411 | organize | |
#7721 | hammer | |
#8988 | mold | |
#9768 | forge | |
#10451 | educate | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#13550 | muse | |
#14900 | groom | |
#16660 | organise | |
#18236 | formulate | |
#18871 | articulate | |
#20641 | attire | |
#20940 | mould | |
#21495 | invent | |
#22251 | devise | |
#22652 | ponder | |
#22827 | conceive | |
#25316 | counterfeit | |
#26872 | speculate | |
#27578 | contemplate | |
#27607 | cram | |
#29876 | elevate | |
#32137 | mull | |
#32640 | mastermind | |
#34131 | meditate | |
#38154 | cabal | |
#43704 | conjure | |
#44923 | swot | |
#45699 | fabricate | |
#50642 | spurt | |
#61203 | conspire | |
#73733 | orchestrate | |
#96645 | ruminate | |
#103482 | contrive | |
#125863 | explicate | |
#128727 | unionize | |
#134325 | spirt | |
#207890 | uprise | |
#233862 | complot |
How to use devise in a sentence?
Mr. President, if you want to devise a way to lose the 2020 elections, go against your base and support these two gun controls or any others.
Unlike the alcohol ignition interlocks which require you to blow into a devise and are used for convicted drunk drivers, DADSS is a driver assist system that would be seamless, take less than half a second, and use infrared light to measure a driver’s blood alcohol content in the breath or through the fingertips, which is far more reliable.
... I hope very much in the weeks to come, we will be able to devise a common shared road map between France and Germany... We need more trust, much more trust and more specifically, results.
Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.
Why did they devise censorship? To show a world which doesn’t exist, an ideal world, or what they envisaged as the ideal world. And we wanted to depict the world as it was.
Translations for devise
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- ابتكرArabic
- завещавам, измислям, изобретявамBulgarian
- divisar, copçar, preveureCatalan, Valencian
- navrhnoutCzech
- finde på, opfinde, testamentere, udtænke, udarbejdeDanish
- letztwillig vermachen, durch Testament verfügen, erdenken, ausdenken, planen, entwerfenGerman
- σχεδιάσειGreek
- درست کردنPersian
- kekata, junailla, masinoida, keksiä, testamentata, suunnitellaFinnish
- élaborer, concevoirFrench
- cumIrish
- הורישHebrew
- architettare, congegnare, inventare, escogitareItalian
- לִהַמצִיאHebrew
- nectōLatin
- whakangārahuMāori
- deixar, tramar, projetar, idear, inventar, legar, delinearPortuguese
- urziRomanian
- замыслить, разрабатывать, завещать, замышлять, разработатьRussian
- vyšpekulovať, poručiť, vymyslieť, odkázať, zanechaťSlovak
- krijoj, sajojAlbanian
- tänka ut, hitta på, uppfinnaSwedish
- tasarlamak, miras bırakmakTurkish
- Đưa raVietnamese
- datikönVolapük
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