device

device
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ clever, ingenious
▪ labour-saving/labor-saving, useful
▪ complex, sophisticated
▪ simple
▪ hi-tech
▪ hand-held, mobile, portable
▪ automatic, digital, electrical, electronic, mechanical
▪ USB, wireless
▪ bugging, communication, contraceptive, display, measuring, medical, monitoring, optical, recording, safety, storage, timing, warning
▪

Police found several bugging devices in the room.

▪ explosive, incendiary
▪

improvised explosive devices

▪

An incendiary device exploded in the store, setting fire to furniture.

▪ nuclear
VERB + DEVICE
▪ be fitted with, have
▪

All new cars are now fitted with these safety devices.

▪ connect, install
▪

Now connect the device to your computer.

▪ build, design, develop, make
▪ use
▪

He measured the room using an ingenious new electronic device.

▪ test
DEVICE + VERB
▪ comprise sth (esp. AmE), consist of sth
▪

The device consists of a large wheel mounted on a metal post.

▪ be designed to
▪

a tiny device designed to trace telephone calls

▪ use
▪

The device uses a transmitter that connects to your computer.

▪ work
▪

The device worked exactly as I'd hoped.

PREPOSITION
▪ device for
▪

a useful device for checking electrical circuits


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