Collocations for "devise"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "devise" in context.
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devise
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- devise a [plan, scheme, strategy, system, campaign] (to)
- devise a [method, way] (of)
- devise a [new, better, safer] [method] (of)
- devise an [effective, alternative, ingenious] [method] (of)
- devise the [best, greatest, safest] [method] (of)
- devise new [methods] (of)
- devise [methods] for
- devise some [type, kind, sort] of
- devise and [implement, carry out, build, launch]
- devised to [ensure, improve, help, provide, offer]
- devised for [them, users, workers, the government]
- the most [difficult] [idea, puzzle, problem] ever devised
- the most [difficult, complex, fiendish, successful, ingenious] [idea] ever devised
'devise' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):