Definition: 1. An object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example, for recording or measuring something. 2. Any clever maneuver. 3. Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery).
Use 'device' in a sentence:
1. The portable device easily knocks down.
2. This device is the offspring of his inventive mind.
3. It is an electronic device with many uses.
4. The device will be in production by the end of the year.
5. The police suspect that the device is not a real bomb but a dummy.
6. They said that this would be up to those device makers.
7. The device looks like a video recorder and plugs into the home television and stereo system.
8. This device screws into the shutter release button.
9. Feminism is simply another device to ensnare women.
10. Nintendo is sexing up its U.S. advertising to launch the new handheld device.
11. The device plugs into one of the laptop's USB ports.
12. The device is manually operated, using a simple handle.
13. Some clamps that had held the device together came undone.
14. The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever.
15. The device is not designed to transmit to satellites.
16. The device is fixed to a post.
17. This device helps make virtual reality a more usable and accessible technology.
18. The built-in safety device compensates for a fall in water pressure.
19. The new device emits a powerful circular column of light.
20. The new device can also cancel the check after the transaction is complete.
21. There is a new device for cars that warns drivers of traffic jams ahead.
22. The device was protected by patent.
23. Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to control the game.
24. Bomb disposal experts exploded the device under controlled conditions.
25. Sending advertising by email is very successful as a marketing device.
26. The report was a device used to hide rather than reveal problems.
27. Operation of the device is extremely simple.
28. The device draws gas along the pipe.
29. A powerful device exploded outside the station.
