Devising

Word DEVISING
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Definitions and meanings of "Devising"

What do we mean by devising?

To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).

To leave (property) in a will.

To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.

To imagine; to guess.

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The word "devising" in example sentences

The renowned conductor says José Antonio Abreu should be honoured internationally for his achievement in devising El Sistema, the music education project ❋ Ed Vulliamy (2010)

Never adept with his hands, Bell had the good fortune to discover and inspire Thomas Watson, a young repair mechanic and model maker, who assisted him enthusiastically in devising an apparatus for transmitting sound by electricity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I fully concede that you may not go through cost-benefit analysis in devising your preferred list of rights or your preferred set of first principles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Congressional Republicans have not been honest partners in devising or implementing solutions, nor have they consistently offered good suggestions to improve the majority party's initiatives, and this in spite of Obama making concessions and going to such lengths in the early months of his term that he earned criticism for it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Costolo, 47, also has played a key role in devising an advertising for Twitter as it tries to make money from an online audience that ballooned from 3 million registered users when Williams became CEO in 2008 to 160 million now. ❋ AP (2010)

The nationwide foreclosure mess "might shake up the banks enough to convince them to finally become real partners" in devising workable solutions for distressed borrowers, "forcing them to deal with the reality they've created." ❋ Ken Harney (2010)

The EPA is prohibited by law from considering costs in devising regulations under the Clean Air Act and other major environmental statutes. ❋ James Gattuso (2010)

The oligarchs had succeeded in devising a governmental machine, as intricate as it was vast, that worked -- and this despite all our efforts to clog and hamper. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Few writers today can match the author's skill in devising an intelligent thriller with heart. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mechanical ingenuity of narcotic smugglers is constantly being tested in devising new methods of bringing their contraband goods safely into the country. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Those of us who recognize the irreplaceable value of science in devising solutions to problems have been subjected to the living nightmare of watching the recommendations of scientists ignored in favor of social engineering based on fundamentalist religious beliefs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Zakheim and others with whom I spoke made a positive association: McNamara failed on Vietnam, but he succeeded in devising a planning, programming, and budgeting system that lasted for 40 years. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After investing a cool $84 million in devising a porn filter the Federal Government in the land down under are now reeling, thanks to a 16-year-old schoolboy. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And, since the commission, under the procedure of its own devising, is by no means obliged to change any of its proposals once it has "taken into account" any comments, one commentator from the Ind-Dem group – which funds EU Observer - remarked that this is simply another opportunity to be ignored. ❋ Richard (2006)

There is a role to be played by administrative agencies in devising practical rules to implement the intent of legislation (which, by nature in today's world, cannot descend to the level of specifying, e.g., colour codes for wiring or wattage limitations for RF sources). ❋ Unknown (2006)

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