We must devise some means of escape.
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Devise
//dɪˈvaɪz//
Synonyms for "devise" (171 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (85)
imagineimproviseinditeinheritanceintendintriguelay plansleavelegacylegatemachinatemakemake a bequestmake a projectionmake a willmake arrangementsmake domake do withmake upmanoeuvre
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
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11 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 31 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- krijoj verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- sajoj thur verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- thur verb (to scheme, to plot)
Bulgarian
4 entries- завещавам verb (leave in a will)
- измислям verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- изобретявам verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- кроя verb (to scheme, to plot)
Catalan
3 entries- copçar verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- divisar verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- preveure verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Cornish
2 entries- devisya verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- devisya verb (to scheme, to plot)
Czech
4 entries- navrhnout verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- odkázat verb (leave in a will)
- vymyslet verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- vymyslet verb (to scheme, to plot)
Danish
4 entries- finde på verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- opfinde verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- testamentere verb (leave in a will)
- udarbejde verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Dutch
3 entries- bedenken verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- ontwerpen verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- vermaken verb (leave in a will)
Esperanto
1 entries- elpensi verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Finnish
4 entries- junailla verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- kehitellä verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- kekata verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- keksiä verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
French
2 entries- concevoir verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- élaborer verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Galician
1 entries- idear verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
German
4 entries- ausdenken verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- durch Testament verfügen verb (leave in a will)
- entwerfen verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- erdenken verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Greek
1 entries- επινοώ verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Hebrew
1 entries- הוריש verb (leave in a will)
Irish
1 entries- cum verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Italian
4 entries- architettare verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- congegnare verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- escogitare verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- inventare verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Korean
1 entries- 고안하다 verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Latin
1 entries- nectō verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Māori
2 entries- whakangārahu verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- whakangārahu verb (to scheme, to plot)
Occitan
4 entries- concebre verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- fargar verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- imaginar verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- inventar verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Old English
1 entries- āhyċġan verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پرگارلامق verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Portuguese
4 entries- deixar verb (leave in a will)
- delinear verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- idear verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- inventar verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Romanian
1 entries- urzi verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Russian
4 entries- завеща́ть verb (leave in a will)
- замы́слить verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- замышля́ть verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- разраба́тывать verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Slovak
4 entries- odkázať verb (leave in a will)
- poručiť verb (leave in a will)
- vymyslieť verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- vyšpekulovať verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Spanish
4 entries- concebir verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- devisar (desus.) verb (to scheme, to plot)
- discurrir verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- discursar verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Swedish
3 entries- hitta på verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- tänka ut verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- uppfinna verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Turkish
2 entries- miras bırakmak verb (leave in a will)
- tasarlamak verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Vietnamese
2 entries- vạch ra verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
- đề ra verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Volapük
1 entries- datikön verb (use the intellect to plan or design)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
He tried to devise a plan for getting rid of termites.
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He could devise clever alibis.
Source: tatoeba (2755239)
Dorcon, finding himself vanquished, fled into the woods to hide his shame and displeasure, and to devise some other means of succeeding in his love affairs.
Source: tatoeba (6212451)
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