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Devising

To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).

📖 Definitions of "Devising"

verb
  1. 1

    To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).

    "to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing"

  2. 2

    To leave (property) in a will.

  3. 3

    To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

  4. 4

    To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will

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WordDefinition
makingnounThe act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
fashioningnounThe act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.

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WordDefinition
makingnounThe act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
fashioningnounThe act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
planningnounThe act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
inventionnounSomething invented.
defineverbTo state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
enactingnounEnactment.
enactmentnoun(law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
designedCreated according to a design.
definingServing to define or distinguish.
findingnounA result of research or an investigation.
establishverb(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
creationnoun(uncountable) The act of creating something.
establishingnounThe act by which something is established; establishment.
creatingnouncreation
processingnoun(computing) The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
elaborationnounThe act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
preparationnoun(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
developverb(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
formulationnounThe act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
formulateverb(transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

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