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DEVISING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act that results in something coming to be
Example:
it was already in the making
Synonyms:
devising; fashioning; making
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("devising" is a kind of...):
production (the act or process of producing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "devising"):
cartography; mapmaking (the making of maps and charts)
film making; movie making; moviemaking (the production of movies)
Derivation:
devise (come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort)
devise (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb devise
