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devices

The correct spelling is devices.

How to pronounce devices

noun

Say it like: Dev-ise-s

The correct spelling is devices. 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."

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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. 1.Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
  2. 2.A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
  3. 3.A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
  4. 4.An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
  5. 5.A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.

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