device

/dɪˈvaɪs/

意味: 装置、道具

例文: Aki invented a pancake-launching device.
　　  アキがパンケーキ発射装置を発明。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: electronic device(電子機器), medical device(医療機器), safety device(安全装置)

定義: 何かをするために使う道具や機械のことです。特に、特定の目的のために設計されたものを指します。例えば、スマートフォンやコンピュータなどの電子機器もデバイスと呼ばれます。

deviceは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Noun: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
Noun: any clever maneuver
Noun: any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
Noun: an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The new device simplifies daily tasks with its innovative features.(新しいデバイスは革新的な機能で日常の作業を簡素化します。)
I finally fixed the old device; now it works like new!(古いデバイスをやっと修理しました；今は新品のように動きます！)
The research team developed a groundbreaking device to enhance communication efficiency.(研究チームはコミュニケーション効率を向上させる画期的なデバイスを開発しました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist
Noun: a device intended to conserve water
Noun: he would stoop to any device to win a point
Noun: it was a great sales gimmick
Noun: a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen
Noun: he was recognized by the device on his shield

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): device, gimmick, twist

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): design, emblem, expressive style, instrumentality, maneuver

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): allegory, analysis, argyle, bathos, bear claw, black humor, ceramic, colophon, colors, connection, container, conveyance, crest, cross, damascene, decal, device, eloquence, emblem, equipment, euphuism, feint, flag, flatness, footwork, formulation, furnishing, grandiosity, hardware, headlinese, heraldry, herringbone, implement, jargon, journalese, legalese, linocut, mandala, manner of speaking, marking, means, measure, medium, mihrab, motif, music genre, officialese, parking, pathos, ploy, poetry, polka dot, prose, pyrograph, rhetoric, ruse, saltiness, screen saver, self-expression, sesquipedality, skull and crossbones, sunburst, system, tattoo, terseness, tetraskelion, toiletry, totem, totem pole, triskelion, turn of phrase, vein, verboseness, weaponry, weave, writing style

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): acoustic device, adapter, afterburner, agglomerator, airfoil, alarm, appliance, applicator, aspergill, autopilot, bait, billiard marker, bird feeder, blower, bootjack, breathalyzer, breathing device, bubbler, buffer, catapult, charger, clip-on, comb, comforter, conceit, conductor, contraceptive, converter, corer, corrective, crusher, cryptograph, cutoff, dampener, damper, deflector, dental appliance, depressor, detector, diestock, drive, drop forge, elastic device, electrical device, electronic device, energizer, exercise device, explosive device, fan, filter, fire extinguisher, flare, fumigator, gas fixture, groover, guard, heat exchanger, heater, holding device, horn, hydrofoil, imprint, indicator, instrument, interlock, interrupter, jig, key, keyboard, kinetoscope, knocker, lift, lifting device, lighter, machine, magnet, mechanism, memory device, mnemonic, musical instrument, nest egg, noisemaker, optical device, override, paper feed, peeler, pick, power takeoff, prod, prompter, pull, reflector, release, remote control, reset, restraint, rhetorical device, router, runner, scratcher, seal, shoehorn, shoetree, shooting stick, shredder, signaling device, snowshoe, sounder, source of illumination, stabilizer, stemmer, straightener, strengthener, stylus, suction cup, support, sweatbox, synchroflash, take-up, teaser, throwing stick, tilter, tongs, toy, trap, trick, trigger, union, valve, vaporizer, ventilator, washboard, water cooler

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

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Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): de

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: