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Instrument (noun)
A device used to produce music.
“The violinist was a master of her instrument.”
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Instrument (noun)
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
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Instrument (noun)
A measuring or displaying device.
“ux|en|The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.”
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Instrument (noun)
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
“ux|en|The dentist set down his tray of instruments.”
“ux|en|The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate instrument.”
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Instrument (noun)
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.”
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Instrument (noun)
A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
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Instrument (verb)
To apply measuring devices.
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Instrument (verb)
To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
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Instrument (verb)
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
“a sonata instrumented for orchestra”
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Equipment (noun)
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
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Equipment (noun)
Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.