How do you use the word "device" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "device": I would like batteries for this device. The device is attached fast to the ceiling.

Device Meaning

/dɪˈvaɪs/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

nounA peripheral device; an item of hardware.

Sentence Examples

I would like batteries for this device.

The device is attached fast to the ceiling.

You first need to install the app on your device.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

twist

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The new electronic ____ can measure your heart rate while you sleep.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I would like batteries for this ____.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin dīvidō Latin dīvīsus Old French devisbor. Middle English devis English device From Middle English devis, devise, devyce, devys, devyse, from Old French devis and devise, from Latin dīvīsus, past participle of dīvidō (“to divide”). Doublet of devise (noun).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine." — 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):

"His device is against Babylon, to destroy it." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 51:11:

"He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 5:12:

"Their recent device of demanding benevolences." — 1827, Henry Hallam, The English Constitution, Harper:

"So next day the hunting began. I did not know how to shoot, but I proceeded to learn. And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge. I had used eight shells for lighting fires before I hit upon the device of banking the embers with wet moss, and there remained not over a hundred shells in the box." — 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:

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