Uttal
US- Okänd accent:
- IPA: /ˈɪnstɹʊmənt/
- IPA: /ˈɪnstrʌmənt/
Ordet hittades på dessa språk:
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Definitioner
Substantiv
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an effect.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- (legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
Verb
- (transitive) To apply measuring devices.
- (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
- To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
Exempel
- The violinist was a master of her instrument.
- “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”
- The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
- The dentist set down his tray of instruments. The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate instrument."
- A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
- Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
- Or useful serving man and instrument, / To any sovereign state.
- The bold are but the instruments of the wise.
- a sonata instrumented for orchestra
Böjningsformer