devise

«devise» in Mova's school dictionary: To invent or plan something clever or new, usually after… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (devise, devises, devised, devising)

meaning for a pupil

1) To invent or plan something clever or new, usually after careful thinking: «devise a plan». tree →

2) (law, old) To leave property to someone in a will. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and design lessons: pupils devise experiments, fair tests and models. In maths: devise a method or a strategy to solve a problem. In stories: heroes and villains devise schemes and escape plans. Phrases: «devise a plan», «devise a way to», «devise a test», «of your own devising».

examples

• Devise a fair test to see which paper towel is strongest. tree →
• The children devised a plan to rescue the kitten. tree →
• Can you devise a quicker way to add these numbers? tree →
• The prisoner devised a clever escape. tree →
• Our class devised a new game for wet playtime. tree →
• Scientists devised a machine to clean the ocean. tree →
• The puzzle was of her own devising. tree →
• At last he devised a plan. tree →

note

Verb ends in -ise in both British and American English (never «devize»). Do not confuse with the noun «device» (a machine or tool): «I devised a device». Pronounced dih-VIZE.

In the corpora

• to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
• And to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
• And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest: 'Bring hither the ephod.'
• Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
• But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «devise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.