Meaning of devise in English

devise

verb [ T ]

/dɪˈvaɪz/ us

/dɪˈvaɪz/

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to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination:

He's good at devising language games that you can play with students in class.

The cartoon characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown were devised by Charles M. Schultz.

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Clinton and Zedillo ordered their respective Cabinets to devise a common counter-drug strategy.
We need to devise some sort of system whereby people can liaise with each other.
The umbrella was ingeniously devised to fold up into your pocket.
The scheme is devised for young people in the 15 - 20 age band.
The company has also devised a computer program that enables people to design their own homes.

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(Definition of devise from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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devise

verb [ T ]

/dɪˈvɑɪz/

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to invent something, esp. with intelligence or imagination:

He devised a new way to treat mental depression.

The committee is devising an agenda for the upcoming political convention.

(Definition of devise from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

devise | Business English

devise

verb [ T ]

/dɪˈvaɪz/ us

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to use knowledge and imagination to think of or plan something:

He set about devising a plan to revive the automaker and improve its profitability.

She led a small team that worked for years to devise a way to create a silicon power amp for an earlier generation of cell phones.

LAW

to leave someone money or property in a will (= document stating what will happen to someone's property after their death):

devise sth to sb I hereby give, devise, and bequeath to my daughter Eva $10,000.

devise

noun [ C ]

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/dɪˈvaɪz/ us

property given to someone in a will (= document stating what will happen to someone's property after their death), or the part of a will that gives property to someone:

He made specific devises of various items of furniture.

(Definition of devise from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of devise

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Policymakers have also began devising their own plans with benefit guarantees.

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My model starts with rank-and-file legislators and applies only to constitutions devised by such actors.

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By devising simple, local mechanisms to get conflicts aired immediately the number of conflicts that reduce trust can be reduced.

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Several techniques have been devised, but the general idea is often a variation of the rounding approach.

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In particular, no universally applicable quantitative definition of complexity has been devised.

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Chapter 7 focuses on the noxious mita or forced labour system in which he explores strategies devised by communities to resist or ameliorate its impact.

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We showed how the system can be devised so as to force the agents to be trustworthy.

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An -stable notion of active dereferences can be devised, but would be more complicated.

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To unite these two methods of working, strategies for this second type of interactive improvisation were devised, based on object-cues.

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In order to identify the problems that undermined the study, a questionnaire was devised by the lead researcher.

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Certainly no-one has ever devised a formula for calculating such a value.

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Only in recent years have special kinetic methods and traps been devised for perceiving intermediates.

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A new research tool had to be devised to examine the specific research questions of the study.

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A reference model, devised for each scenario, indicated critical and relevant cues.

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An experimental situation was devised in which a subject was telephoned in order to arrange the repair of a household appliance.

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