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{
"term": "device",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an object or a piece of equipment that has been designed to do a particular job",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a tracking/recording/listening device"
},
{
"text": "The new devices will be installed at US airports."
},
{
"text": "electrical labour-saving devices around the home"
},
{
"text": "All new cars are now fitted with these safety devices."
},
{
"text": "Police found several bugging devices in the room."
},
{
"text": "a useful device for checking electrical circuits"
},
{
"text": "The device consists of a large wheel mounted on a metal post."
},
{
"text": "The device worked exactly as I'd hoped."
},
{
"text": "a device to measure blood pressure"
},
{
"text": "The twentieth century saw the introduction of labour-saving devices around the home."
},
{
"text": "This device enables pilots to navigate with pinpoint accuracy."
}
],
"topics": ["Engineering"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clever", "ingenious", "labour-saving/labor-saving"],
"verb + device": ["be fitted with", "have", "connect"],
"device + verb": [
"comprise something",
"consist of something",
"be designed to"
],
"preposition": ["device for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a piece of computer equipment, especially a small one such as a smartphone",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can store thousands of photos on your device."
},
{
"text": "a portable/wireless device"
},
{
"text": "The waiter takes orders on a **hand-held device**."
},
{
"text": "Now connect the device to your computer."
},
{
"text": "The technology allows software systems to interact with wireless devices."
},
{
"text": "The computer is sold with a printer / scanner and a backup storage device."
},
{
"text": "You can edit your profile using any web-enabled device."
},
{
"text": "A unique hardware identifier is given to each device in the network."
},
{
"text": "All Bluetooth devices automatically detect one another's presence."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a bomb or weapon that will explode",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A powerful device exploded outside the station."
},
{
"text": "It was the world's first atomic device."
},
{
"text": "Two bombers **detonated their devices** in the busy shopping centre."
},
{
"text": "The device failed to detonate."
},
{
"text": "improvised explosive devices"
},
{
"text": "A package containing an incendiary device was found on Tuesday night."
},
{
"text": "An incendiary device exploded in the store, setting fire to furniture."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clever", "ingenious", "labour-saving/labor-saving"],
"verb + device": ["be fitted with", "have", "connect"],
"device + verb": [
"comprise something",
"consist of something",
"be designed to"
],
"preposition": ["device for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a method of doing something that produces a particular result or effect",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Targeted advertising on social media is very successful as a marketing device."
},
{
"text": "We use a range of devices for testing children's numerical ability."
},
{
"text": "This was originally intended as a device for making sure taxes were paid on time."
},
{
"text": "Direct mailing is extremely successful as a marketing device."
},
{
"text": "They employ several successful management devices."
},
{
"text": "Aid workers have to use whatever devices are available for making sure help gets to those most in need."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a plan or trick that is used to get something that somebody wants",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The report was a device used to hide rather than reveal problems."
},
{
"text": "This device can be seen as somewhat dishonest."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a form of words that is intended to produce a particular effect in speech or writing",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a rhetorical device"
},
{
"text": "Metaphor and symbol are literary devices."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to leave somebody alone to do as they wish, and not tell them what to do",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪs/",
"audio": "de/device/device__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪs/",
"audio": "de/device/device__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French devis, based on Latin divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere. The original sense was ‘desire or intention’, found now only in leave someone to their own devices (which has become associated with sense (3))."
}