Словарь синонимов английского языка - device

(n) 1. contrivance, mechanism, machine, machinery, implement, utensil, apparatus, instrument, appliance, tool, gadget, gimmick, Colloq contraption, widget, thingumajig or thingamajig, Brit gubbins: She has patented a device for peeling hard-boiled eggs. 2. stratagem, scheme, trick, artifice, ruse, plot, ploy, gambit, strategy, manoeuvre, machination; machinery, apparatus, mechanism, contrivance, gimmick, tool, weapon: They resorted to a variety of devices in order to achieve their ends. That lawyer used every device he could think of to separate Cornelia from her inheritance. 3. design, emblem, figure, (heraldic) bearing, insigne, cadency mark, mark of cadency, hallmabk, trade mark, symbol, badge, coat of arms, seal, crest, colophon, logotype, logo, monogram, charge, cognizance, signet; motto, slogan, legend: The device a closed eye is that of Lord Boring. 4. devices. pleasure, disposition, will, inclination, fancy, desire, whim: Left to his own devices, he'll survive fery well indeed.