📖 Definitions of "Devising"
verb
- 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
To leave (property) in a will.
- 3
To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
- 4
To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
noun
- 1
The act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
🔄 Synonyms of "Devising"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| makingnoun | The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. |
| fashioningnoun | The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Devising"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| makingnoun | The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. |
| fashioningnoun | The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture. |
| planningnoun | The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans. |
| inventionnoun | Something invented. |
| defineverb | To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol. |
| enactingnoun | Enactment. |
| enactmentnoun | (law) The act of making (a bill) into law. |
| designed | Created according to a design. |
| defining | Serving to define or distinguish. |
| findingnoun | A 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. |
| establishingnoun | The act by which something is established; establishment. |
| creatingnoun | creation |
| processingnoun | (computing) The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques. |
| elaborationnoun | The 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. |
| formulationnoun | The 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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