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Definitions for Instrument
[1] a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
[2] a contrivance or apparatus for producing musical sounds: a stringed instrument.
[3] a means by which something is effected or done; agency: an instrument of government.
[4] a device for measuring the present value of a quantity under observation.
[5] a mechanical or electronic measuring device, especially one used in navigation: landing a plane by instruments.
[6] a formal legal document, as a draft or bond: negotiable instruments.
[7] a person used by another merely as a means to some private end; tool or dupe.
[8] to equip with instruments, as a machine or manufacturing process: to instrument a space vehicle.
[9] to arrange a composition for musical instruments; orchestrate.
[10] a mechanical implement or tool, esp one used for precision work surgical instrument
[11] music any of various contrivances or mechanisms that can be played to produce musical tones or sounds
[12] an important factor or agency in something her evidence was an instrument in his arrest
[13] informal a person used by another to gain an end; dupe; tool
[14] a measuring device, such as a pressure gauge or ammeter
[15] a device or system for use in navigation or control, esp of aircraft (as modifier ) instrument landing
[16] a formal legal document
[17] another word for orchestrate (def. 1)
[18] to equip with instruments
Words related to Instrument
gear, apparatus, gadget, appliance, mechanism, machine, equipment, machinery, device, gizmo, medium, material, organ, vehicle, contraption, paraphernalia, utensil, doodad, contrivance, tackle
Words nearby Instrument
instruction, instructions, instructive, instructor, instructress, instrument, instrument flying, instrument landing, instrument panel, instrument station, instrumental
Origin of Instrument
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin instrūmentum equip-ment, equivalent to instrū-, stem of instruere to equip (see instruct) + -mentum -ment; see instruct
Other words from Instrument
un·der·in·stru·ment , noun
Word origin for Instrument
C13: from Latin instrūmentum tool, equipment, from instruere to erect, furnish; see instruct
Synonyms for Instrument
apparatus, appliance, device, equipment, gadget, gear, gizmo, machine, machinery, mechanism, contraption, contrivance, doodad, paraphernalia, tackle, utensil