Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).

    Near-synonyms: lay, set, design, plan, create

    to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing

    ausdenken, entwerfen, erdenken

    разраба́тыватьrazrabátyvatʹ, разрабо́татьrazrabótatʹ, замышля́тьzamyšljátʹ

  2. (transitive)To leave (property) in a will.

    letztwillig vermachen, durch Testament verfügen

    завеща́тьzaveščátʹ

    give by will, especially real property

  3. (archaic, intransitive)To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

  4. (archaic, transitive)To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.

  5. (obsolete)To imagine; to guess.

Examples

55 sentences
  1. We must devise some means of escape.

    ruМы должны придумать какой-нибудь способ побега. — soweli_Elepanto

  2. We'll devise another solution.

    Ми придумаємо інше рішення. — deniko

  3. He devised a complicated clockwork toy.

  4. We need to devise a plan.

    ruНам нужно разработать план. — marafon

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  5. He has devised a new scenario.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
use the intellect to plan or design:
leave in a will:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
use the intellect to plan or design:
leave in a will:

Forms

devises, devising, devised, devised
Base formdevise · to devise
3rd person singulardevises
Present participledevising
Past simpledevised
Past participledevised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydevise
he, she, itdevises

Past simpleLesson

all personsdevised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave devised
he, she, ithas devised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill devise

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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