devise

US: /dɪˈvaɪs/, /dɪˈvaɪz/
UK: /dɪvˈa‍ɪz/


English Vietnamese dictionary


devise /di'vaiz/
  • danh từ
    • sự để lại (bằng chúc thư)
    • di sản (bất động sản)
    • ngoại động từ
      • nghĩ ra, đặt (kế hoạch), sáng chế, phát minh
        • to devise plans to do something: đặt kế hoạch làm việc gì
      • bày mưu, bày kế, âm mưu, mưu đồ
      • (pháp lý) để lại (bằng chúc thư)

    Advanced English dictionary


    + verb
    [VN] to invent sth new or a new way of doing sth
    Synonym: THINK UP
    A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 concoct, make up, conceive, scheme, contrive, dream up, design, draft, frame, form, formulate, plan, arrange, work out, think up, originate, invent, create, Colloq cook up:
    He devised a method for making sandals out of leather scraps.
    2 bequeath, will, convey, hand down, give, assign, dispose of, transfer, bestow:
    I devise to my nephew, Ian Ferguson, my property in Yorkshire.

    Concise English dictionary


    devises|devised|devisingdɪ'vaɪz
    noun
    +a will disposing of real property
    +(law) a gift of real property by will
    verb
    +come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
    +arrange by systematic planning and united effort
    +give by will, especially real property