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- [dih-vahyz]
- /dɪˈvaɪz/
- /dɪˈvaɪz/
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- [dih-vahyz]
- /dɪˈvaɪz/
Definitions of devising word
- verb with object devising to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method. 1
- verb with object devising Law. to assign or transmit (property) by will. 1
- verb with object devising Archaic. to imagine; suppose. 1
- verb without object devising to form a plan; contrive. 1
- noun devising Law. the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will. a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property. the property so disposed of. 1
- noun devising The act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will. 1
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Origin of devising
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; (v.) Middle English devisen to inspect, design, compose < Old French deviser < Vulgar Latin *dēvīsāre, for *dīvīsāre, frequentative of Latin dīvidere to divide; (noun) see device
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Parts of speech for Devising
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devising popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
devising usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for devising
noun devising
- formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- making — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
adjective devising
- demiurgic — Philosophy. Platonism. the artificer of the world. (in the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
- originative — having or characterized by the power of originating; creative.
- generative — capable of producing or creating.
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- innovational — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
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