devise
Meaning(s)
1. use knowledge and imagination to think up or create something
Popularity
Medium
Professional
Medium
Social
How to Memorize
devise a strategy/plan/solution
Analysis
The verb to devise means to create or invent a plan, system or object by using knowledge creativity or imagination. You could devise a plan for example or devise a method. In law to devise can mean to leave someone money or property in a will after your death.
Social Examples (Advance)
- The team we played in the cup final were by far our hardest opponents, but our coach devised a clever strategy to beat them.
- The play was devised by several older members of the theatre company and staged in a site-specific area.
- We had to devise a strict saving strategy when we were saving for the deposit on our home.
Professional Examples (Advance)
- Instead of discussing what was on the schedule, we had to spend the bulk of the meeting devising a solution to the problem that had cropped up that morning.
- With the help of other senior members of staff, we devised a plan to make the factory more energy efficient without increasing costs.