Instrument — meaning in English
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English meaning
- device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
- instrument noun A tool, especially a precise one used for measuring, medical work, or scientific tasks.
- tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.
- vehicle noun A machine used to carry or transport people, goods, or objects, such as a car, truck, or bus.
Senses
Instrument is used for these senses in English:
- device 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."
- instrument A device used to produce music.
- instrument A measuring or displaying device.
- instrument A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- tool Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
- tool Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
- tool A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
- vehicle A medium for expression of talent or views.
device — full definition
- noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
- noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
- noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.
instrument — full definition
- noun A tool, especially a precise one used for measuring, medical work, or scientific tasks.
- noun A device used to produce music.
- noun A person or thing used to achieve a particular purpose, often by someone else.