instrument
US /ˈɪnstrəmənt/
Definition
a device that requires skill for proper use
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The lab bought a new instrument for measuring air quality.
Word Family
NounNoun
instrument gốc
instrumentalist
instrumentality
VerbVerb
instrument gốc
instrumentate
AdjectiveAdj
instrumental
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- toolan implement used in the practice of a vocation
- devicean instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
- apparatusequipment designed to serve a specific function
Collocations
- Easy musical instrumentdescribing musical instrument (a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing)
- Medium precision measuring instrumentdescribing precision measuring instrument (the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance)
- Hard sophisticated financial instrumentsto sophisticated financial instruments, meaning to make less natural or innocent
- Very Hard blunt instrument of coercive diplomacyto blunt instrument of coercive diplomacy, meaning to make less intense
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.