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devising

[dih-vahy-zing] / dɪˈvaɪ zɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
original
Synonyms
STRONGEST
creative imaginative innovative inventive seminal unconventional unusual
STRONG
envisioning formative novel quick ready sensitive
WEAK
avant garde breaking new ground causal causative conceiving demiurgic fertile generative ingenious innovational innovatory inspiring originative productive resourceful unprecedented untried
Antonyms
WEAK
borrowed hackneyed latest old used worn
NOUN
making
Synonyms
STRONGEST
formulation
STRONG
authoring building causation composition conception constituting construction contriving designing fabrication fancying fashioning forging occasioning origination performing planning producing production shaping
Antonyms
STRONG
destruction ruin
NOUN
planning
Synonyms
STRONGEST
plan
STRONG
outlining

Example Sentences

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It is a setup that Nicolas Jover, Arsenal's set-piece coach, would have noted before devising his own attacking plan.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

AllHere was best known for devising an automated system that could deliver messages to students and families that were individualized, but fell well short of what is commonly understood to be artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

By devising a tax-efficient and multifaceted distribution strategy.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

Start by devising a complex yet easy-to-remember password, perhaps a nonsensical but memorable passphrase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

I imagined the lively scene, the actors and Hamlet devising a comedy to lighten the mood at Elsinore.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein