{
    "term": "device",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an object or a piece of equipment that has been designed to do a particular job",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a tracking/recording/listening device"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new devices will be installed at US airports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "electrical labour-saving devices around the home"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All new cars are now fitted with these safety devices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police found several bugging devices in the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a useful device for checking electrical circuits"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The device consists of a large wheel mounted on a metal post."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The device worked exactly as I'd hoped."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a device to measure blood pressure"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The twentieth century saw the introduction of labour-saving devices around the home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This device enables pilots to navigate with pinpoint accuracy."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clever", "ingenious", "labour-saving/​labor-saving"],
                "verb + device": ["be fitted with", "have", "connect"],
                "device + verb": [
                    "comprise something",
                    "consist of something",
                    "be designed to"
                ],
                "preposition": ["device for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of computer equipment, especially a small one such as a smartphone",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can store thousands of photos on your device."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a portable/wireless device"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The waiter takes orders on a **hand-held device**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now connect the device to your computer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The technology allows software systems to interact with wireless devices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The computer is sold with a printer / scanner and a backup storage device."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can edit your profile using any web-enabled device."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A unique hardware identifier is given to each device in the network."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All Bluetooth devices automatically detect one another's presence."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a bomb or weapon that will explode",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A powerful device exploded outside the station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the world's first atomic device."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two bombers **detonated their devices** in the busy shopping centre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The device failed to detonate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "improvised explosive devices"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A package containing an incendiary device was found on Tuesday night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An incendiary device exploded in the store, setting fire to furniture."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clever", "ingenious", "labour-saving/​labor-saving"],
                "verb + device": ["be fitted with", "have", "connect"],
                "device + verb": [
                    "comprise something",
                    "consist of something",
                    "be designed to"
                ],
                "preposition": ["device for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a method of doing something that produces a particular result or effect",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Targeted advertising on social media is very successful as a marketing device."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We use a range of devices for testing children's numerical ability."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was originally intended as a device for making sure taxes were paid on time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Direct mailing is extremely successful as a marketing device."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They employ several successful management devices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Aid workers have to use whatever devices are available for making sure help gets to those most in need."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a plan or trick that is used to get something that somebody wants",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The report was a device used to hide rather than reveal problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This device can be seen as somewhat dishonest."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a form of words that is intended to produce a particular effect in speech or writing",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a rhetorical device"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Metaphor and symbol are literary devices."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to leave somebody alone to do as they wish, and not tell them what to do",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪs/",
                "audio": "de/device/device__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪs/",
                "audio": "de/device/device__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French devis, based on Latin divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere. The original sense was ‘desire or intention’, found now only in leave someone to their own devices (which has become associated with sense (3))."
}