| Main Entry: | instrumentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means |
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agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick, instrument, instrumentality, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, stepping-stone, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means |
| Main Entry: | arrangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical adaptation |
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chart, composition, instrumentation, interpretation, lead sheet, orchestration, score, version |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means |
Synonyms: |
agency, agent, approach, avenue, course, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, medium, ministry, organ, route, vehicle, way |
| Main Entry: | gadgetry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mechanism |
Synonyms: |
appliances, bells and whistles, contraptions, ingenious device, instrumentation, machinery, works |
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, method |
Synonyms: |
agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, stepping-stone, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means |
| Concept: | [Reduction to Order] Arrangement. |
| Category: | 1. ORDER |
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-nouns
arrangement; plan; preparation; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting; assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization; grouping; tabulation., analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion., [Result of arrangement] digest; synopsis (compendium); syntagma, table, atlas; file, database; register (record); organism, architecture., [Instrument for sorting] sieve, riddle, screen, sorter.
-verbs
reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally., arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion., class, classify; divide; file, string together, thread; register (record); catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade., methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix., unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil; feaze.
-adjectives
arranged; embattled, in battle array; cut and dried; methodical, orderly, regular, systematic.
-phrases
"In vast cumbrous array" [Churchill]
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Antonyms: |
derangement |
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| Concept: | Means. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital (money); revenue; stock in trade; provision; a shot in the locker; appliances (machinery); means and appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients (measures); two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor (safety); aid; medium..
-verbs
find means, have means, possess means
-adjectives
-adverbs
by means of, with; by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means; wherewith, herewith, therewith; wherewithal., how (in what manner); through (by the instrumentality of); with the aid of, by the aid of (assistance) [more]; by the agency of.
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