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The correct spelling is device.
How to pronounce device
/dəˈvaɪs/
nounIPA: /dəˈvaɪs/
Say it like: Dev-ise
The correct spelling is device. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. For example: "There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener."
Usage Examples
“There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.”
Definition
noun
- 1.Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- 2.A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- 3.A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
- 4.An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- 5.A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
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