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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪs/

Definition 1:
• Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: equipment, tool, machine

Definition 2:
• A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
Labels: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Definition 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."

Definition 4:
• An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
Labels: Ireland

Definition 5:
• A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
Labels: rhetoric

Definition 6:
• A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
(heraldry) 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.
• 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.
Labels: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics, rhetoric

Definition 7:
• Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
Labels: archaic

Definition 8:
• An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
Labels: law

Definition 9:
• An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
Labels: media, printing, publishing

Definition 10:
• Any specific class of wordplay element in a cryptic crossword.

Definition 11:
• A spectacle or show.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 12:
• Opinion; decision.
Labels: obsolete

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/device