INSTRUMENT
\ˈɪnstɹəmənt], \ˈɪnstɹəmənt], \ˈɪ_n_s_t_ɹ_ə_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of INSTRUMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
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a device that requires skill for proper use
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any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
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address a legal document to
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write an instrumental score for
By Princeton University
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the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
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a device that requires skill for proper use
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any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
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address a legal document to
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write an instrumental score for
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
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A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
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A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
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One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.
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To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
By Oddity Software
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That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
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A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
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A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
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One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.
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To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
By Noah Webster.
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That by which anything is accomplished; a tool; a mechanical contrivance for producing musical sounds; agent; a writing containing the terms of a contract; as, a deed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A tool or utensil: a machine producing musical sounds: a writing containing a contract: one who or that which is made a means.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A material thing designed or used for the accomplishment of some mechanical or other physical effect; a tool. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] That by which work is performed; a tool; a utensil; an implement; -a contrivance by which musical sounds are produced; - a legal writing expressive of some act, contract, process, or proceeding; -one who or that which is made a means or serves a purpose; agent.