verb🔗ShareTo use one's intellect to plan or design (something)."to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing"plantechnologycomputingmindabilitylogicactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb🔗ShareTo form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider."The students devised a plan to raise money for their class trip by selling cookies. "planactionprocessmindachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain."The students devised a plan to surprise their teacher on her birthday. "planactionprocessorganizationbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo imagine; to guess."The detective devised a theory about the missing keys, guessing they were accidentally thrown in the trash. "mindphilosophytheoryplanactionabilitylogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading