devising

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noun

the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will

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fashioningmaking
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Meanings

noundevising (countable and uncountable, plural devisings)

plural devisings

  1. countableuncountablethe act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will

    I take some kind of comfort in the inexhaustibility of the devisings of nature, that it can keep coming up with new things.

    1965, A. R. Ammons, Tape for the Turn of the Year

    Synonyms: fashioning, making

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of devise

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will

Similar
fashioningmaking

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe act that results in something coming to be

Similar
fashioningmaking
Broader
production
Also see
fashioningmaking

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“devising.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devising. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “devising,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devising.

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