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Another word for devise

Verb

  1. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    make

  2. To form a strategy for

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    planned

  3. To give (property) to another person after one's death

    4. See also:

    law

    give

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Sentence Examples

  • I prefer to use this app because it allows me to devise my own music playlists.

  • Great efforts have been made to devise cottonpicking machines, but, as yet, complete success has not been attained.

  • Great efforts have been made to devise cottonpicking machines, but, as yet, complete success has not been attained.

  • The purpose of this meeting is to devise a strategy for our company to pay off its debt.

  • The engineers' newest project is to devise a more efficient water filtration system.

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