Werkzeug — meaning in English
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English meaning
- implement verb To put a plan, decision, or system into actual practice.
- instrument noun A tool, especially a precise one used for measuring, medical work, or scientific tasks.
- instrumentality noun The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose.
- tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.
Senses
Werkzeug is used for these senses in English:
- implement A tool or instrument for working with.
- instrument A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- instrumentality (countable) Something that is instrumental; an instrument.
- 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 (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- tool A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
implement — full definition
- verb To put a plan, decision, or system into actual practice.
- noun A tool or instrument used for a particular task.
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.