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US
/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/
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[ UK /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ ]
NOUN
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the means whereby some act is accomplished
my greed was the instrument of my destruction
science has given us new tools to fight disease - the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- a device that requires skill for proper use
VERB
- address a legal document to
- write an instrumental score for
- equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling
How To Use instrument In A Sentence
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- Spin, the tracks were mostly inspired by surfing, except for the instrumental "Lady Dada's Nightmare", which is an homage to Lady Gaga, and the title track, which is about "the world economic crisis. Pitchfork: Latest News
- Vibrations from instruments such as the talking drum or the didgeridoo, or even from foot-stomping dances, may have spoken volumes to distant, unshod listeners.
- Polar Instruments has added a flex-rigid PCB design option to the Speedstack PCB layer-stackup design system. Electronicstalk - electronics industry news
- Muttering under his breath, the soldier extended the spyglass, increasing the magnification of the instrument.
- Of course, the trouble with fiscal stimulus is that it is a blunt instrument. Times, Sunday Times
- Any instrument of knowledge proving the non-existence of consciousness, could do so only by making consciousness its object -- 'this is consciousness'; but consciousness, as being self-established, does not admit of that objectivation which is implied in the word 'this,' and hence its previous non-existence cannot be proved by anything lying outside itself. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
- Present-day performers commonly adopt practices of earlier periods whether or not they use historically accurate instruments.
- Unless the circulating nurse is in a sterile gown, the instrument tray can be contaminated by unsterile clothing.
- Artemesia moved to the pianoforte that was along one of the walls, and sat down on the bench, facing away from the instrument and towards Scott.