instrument

noun · verbB2

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noun

Plural noun:

instruments

1.
A device used to produce music.
The violinist was a master of her instrument.
2.
A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
3.
A measuring or displaying device.
The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
4.
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
The dentist set down his tray of instruments.
The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer, but wished he had a more accurate instrument.
5.
(law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
6.
(figuratively)A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.

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verb

V_es/s

instruments

V_ing/Gerund

instrumenting

V_ed/pp

instrumented

1.
(transitive)To apply measuring devices.
an instrumented test article
2.
(transitive)To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
3.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
a sonata instrumented for orchestra

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (an implement, tool), From īnstruō + -mentum.