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deviseto invent or create a plan, system, or method

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to invent or create a plan, system, or method

Pronunciation (IPA): /dɪˈvaɪz/

Korean meaning: 고안하다, 계획하다, 창안하다

Korean pronunciation: 디**바이**즈

Example Sentences

  • The students devised a brilliant plan to skip the boring assembly by staging a fake fire drill.
  • Engineers devised an innovative system to generate electricity from footsteps.
  • My grandmother devised a secret recipe that makes vegetables taste like chocolate cake.

devise

VERB

//dɪˈvaɪz//

to invent or create a plan, system, or method

devise concept
💡 Concept

to invent or create a plan, system, or method

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/dɪˈvaɪz/
🇬🇧 UK/dɪˈvaɪz/

🌳Etymology

Rootdevise

Origin

From Old French 'deviser' meaning to divide or distribute, which comes from Latin 'divisus', the past participle of 'dividere' meaning to divide. The meaning evolved to encompass planning and invention.

🎵Rhyme

advisedisguisecomprisesurprise
advise
disguise
comprise
surprise

🔗Collocations

devise a plan
devise a strategy
devise a method
devise a solution
devise a scheme
cleverly devise

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The students devised a brilliant plan to skip the boring assembly by staging a fake fire drill.

Engineers devised an innovative system to generate electricity from footsteps.

😄 Fun example

My grandmother devised a secret recipe that makes vegetables taste like chocolate cake.

The team devised a comprehensive marketing strategy for the new product launch.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

inventcreateformulatedevelopdesign

Antonyms

destroydismantleabandon

Related

planschemestrategymethodinnovation

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