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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”),
From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/, /ˈɪnstɹʊmənt/
Hyphenation: in‧stru‧ment

Noun[edit]

instrument (plural instruments)

A device used to produce music.

The violinist was a master of her instrument.
- 1568, William Cornishe [i.e., William Cornysh], “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng Henry the VII. His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.”, in John Skelton; J[ohn] S[tow], editor, Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, Imprinted at London: In Fletestreate, neare vnto St Dunstan-in-the-West by Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: Printed for C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, 1736, →OCLC, page 290:
  
  The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tremarn Case‎^[2]:
  
  “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”
- 1963 January 11, “The World”, in Time‎^[3], volume LXXXI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32, column 3:
  
  On the rocky island of Tungyin, 50 miles off the coast of Red China, is the headquarters of a little-known military unit called the Anti-Communist Salvation Army. The secret army, 30,000 strong, is Chiang Kai-shek’s instrument for the long-promised return to the mainland.
A measuring or displaying device.

The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.

The dentist set down his tray of instruments.

The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate instrument.
1. (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
  
  Flight within clouds must be made by reference to your instruments.
(law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.

A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.

Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
  
  Or useful serving man and instrument, / To any sovereign state.
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
  
  The bold are but the instruments o’ the wise.

Synonyms[edit]

See also Thesaurus:instrument

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from instrument

Translations[edit]

musical device

Albanian: vegël (sq), vegël muzikor
Arabic: الة موسيقية‎
Bulgarian: музикален инструмент m (muzikalen instrument)
Catalan: instrument (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏙᏗ (kanogisdodi)
Chinese:

Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 樂器／乐器 (zh) (yuèqì)
Czech: nástroj (cs) m
Danish: instrument n, musikinstrument (da) n
Dutch: instrument (nl) n, muziekinstrument (nl) n
Esperanto: instrumento
Estonian: pill (et), muusikariist
Finnish: soitin (fi), instrumentti (fi)
French: instrument (fr) m
Galician: instrumento (gl) m
German: Instrument (de) n, Musikinstrument (de) n
Greek: όργανο (el) n (órgano)

Ancient: ὄργανον n (órganon)
Greenlandic: nipilersuut
Hebrew: כלי נגינה‎ (he) (kli negina)
Hungarian: hangszer (hu)
Icelandic: hljóðfæri (is)
Ido: muzik-instrumento (io), muzikilo (io)
Irish: uirlis f, ionstraim f, gléas m, adhbh cheoil f (literary)
Italian: strumento (it) m
Japanese: 楽器 (ja) (gakki), 鳴り物 (narimono), 鳴らし物 (narashimono), 遊び物 (asobimono)
Korean: 악기(樂器) (ko) (akgi)
Latin: organum n
Latvian: instruments m
Lithuanian: instrumentas m
Malayalam: സംഗീത ഉപകരണം (saṅgīta upakaraṇaṃ)
Maori: mea whakatangi
Norwegian:

Bokmål: instrument (no) n

Nynorsk: instrument n
Polish: instrument (pl) m
Portuguese: instrumento (pt) m
Romanian: instrument (ro) n
Russian: инструме́нт (ru) m (instrumént)
Scottish Gaelic: ionnsramaid f, inneal-ciùil m
Slovene: instrument m inan, inštrument m inan, glasbilo (sl) n
Spanish: instrumento (es) m
Swedish: instrument (sv) n
Tamil: இசைக்கருவி (ta) (icaikkaruvi)
Tibetan: རོལ་ཆའི་ཡོ་བྱད (rol cha’i yo byad)
Urdu: اوزار‎ m (ozaar), ساز‎ f (saaz)

measuring device

Bulgarian: прибор (bg) m (pribor), апарат (bg) m (aparat)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 仪器 (zh), 仪表 (zh)
Czech: přístroj (cs) m
Danish: måleudstyr n, måleapparat n, måleinstrument n
Dutch: instrument (nl) n, meetinstrument (nl) n, meter (nl) m
Finnish: mittari (fi), mittalaite (fi)
German: Instrument (de) n, Meßinstrument (de) n
Greek: όργανο (el) n (órgano)
Hebrew: מכשיר‎ (he) m (makhshir)
Italian: strumento (it) m
Japanese: 計器 (ja) (keiki)
Korean: 계기(計器) (gyegi)
Norwegian: måleapparat
Polish: urządzenie (pl) n, przyrząd (pl) m
Portuguese: instrumento (pt) m, aparelho (pt) m
Romanian: instrument (ro) n, aparat (ro) n
Russian: прибо́р (ru) m (pribór), устро́йство (ru) n (ustrójstvo)
Scottish Gaelic: inneal-tomhais m
Swedish: mätinstrument (sv) n

legal document

Catalan: instrument (ca) m
French: acte (fr) m
German: Dokument (de) n, Urkunde (de) f
Greek: έγγραφο (el) n (éngrafo)
Hebrew: מסמך‎ (he) m (mismakh)
Korean: 증서(證書) (jeungseo)
Polish: instrument (pl) m
Russian: инструме́нт (ru) m (instrumént), акт (ru) m (akt), гра́мота (ru) f (grámota)
Spanish: instrumento (es) m

Verb[edit]

instrument (third-person singular simple present instruments, present participle instrumenting, simple past and past participle instrumented)

(transitive) To apply measuring devices.

an instrumented test article
(transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

a sonata instrumented for orchestra

Synonyms[edit]

(to apply measuring devices): measure, supervise
(to devise, conceive):
(to perform on an instrument): play
(to prepare for an instrument): arrange

Anagrams[edit]

nutriments

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ins.tɾuˈment/
(Central) IPA^(key): /ins.tɾuˈmen/

Noun[edit]

instrument m (plural instruments)

instrument (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms[edit]

instrument musical

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instrumental
instrumentar

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

instrument n (singular definite instrumentet, plural indefinite instrumenter)

instrument
(music) musical instrument

Synonym: musikinstrument

Declension[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.stryˈmɛnt/
Hyphenation: in‧stru‧ment
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun[edit]

instrument n (plural instrumenten, diminutive instrumentje n)

instrument
(music) musical instrument

Synonyms: muziekinstrument, speeltuig

Derived terms[edit]

blaasinstrument
klavierinstrument
muziekinstrument
percussieinstrument
slaginstrument
snaarinstrument
strijkinstrument

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃/

Noun[edit]

instrument m (plural instruments)

instrument (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms[edit]

instrument à percussion
instrument à vent
instrument de musique
instrument de percussion
instrumentiste

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instrumental

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

enstrement, instreument, jnstrument, ynstrument

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French instrument, from Latin instrūmentum (“tool, device”).^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /instriu̯ˈmɛnt/, /instruˈmɛnt/, /ˈinstriu̯mɛnt/, /ˈinstrumɛnt/^[2]

Noun[edit]

instrument (plural instrumentes)

A tool or device used for manipulation, especially for medical and scientific uses.
A device used to produce music; a musical instrument.
A piece of weaponry (such as a siege engine).
A legal document, such as a contract, deed or will.
The means by which one reaches an end or effect.
A body part that performs a certain function; an organ.
The human body as a whole.
One of the five senses.

Synonyms[edit]

(music): organe; organum; simphane; symphonye

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instrumental

Descendants[edit]

English: instrument

References[edit]

^ “instrū̆ment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎^[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 13.78, page 385.

Middle French[edit]

Noun[edit]

instrument m (plural instrumens)

(musical) instrument
instrument (device, often mechanical)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

instrument n (definite singular instrumentet, indefinite plural instrument or instrumenter, definite plural instrumenta or instrumentene)

an instrument

Derived terms[edit]

blåseinstrument
musikkinstrument
måleinstrument
strengeinstrument
strykeinstrument

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

instrument n (definite singular instrumentet, indefinite plural instrument, definite plural instrumenta)

an instrument

Derived terms[edit]

blåseinstrument
musikkinstrument
måleinstrument
strengeinstrument
strykeinstrument

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin īnstrūmentum («an implement, tool»).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /inˈstru.mɛnt/
Rhymes: -umɛnt
Syllabification: in‧stru‧ment

Noun[edit]

instrument m inan

instrument

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

instrumentalny

instrument dęty blaszany

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French instrument, from Latin instrumentum.

Noun[edit]

instrument n (plural instrumente)

instrument

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

instrument n

an instrument (of music, for measurement, method, tool, or financial contract), a device

Declension[edit]

Declension of instrument
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	instrument	instrumentet	instrument	instrumenten
Genitive	instruments	instrumentets	instruments	instrumentens

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blåsinstrument
instrumentalist
instrumentbräda
instrumentell
instrumentera
instrumentmakare
instrumentpanel
stråkinstrument
stränginstrument

Zoogocho Zapotec[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

stroment

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish instrumento.

Noun[edit]

instrument

musical instrument

References[edit]

Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 236

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Suffixes of instrument

instrument
- noun a device that requires skill for proper use
- noun the means whereby some act is accomplished
  tool.
  - my greed was the instrument of my destruction
  - science has given us new tools to fight disease
- More ‘instrument’ Meaning
- instruments Associated Words
- instruments Related Words
instrumental
- adjective relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
  - instrumental compositions
  - an instrumental ensemble
- adjective satellite serving or acting as a means or aid
  subservient; implemental.
  - instrumental in solving the crime
- More ‘instrumental’ Meaning
- instrumental Idioms/Phrases
- instrumental Associated Words
- instrumental Prefix/Suffix Words
- instrumental Related Words
instrumentation
- noun an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
  instrumentality.
- noun the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
- More ‘instrumentation’ Meaning
- instrumentation Associated Words
- instrumentation Prefix/Suffix Words
- instrumentation Related Words
instrumentality
- noun a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
  - are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?
  - he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement
- noun the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
- More ‘instrumentality’ Meaning
- instrumentality Associated Words
- instrumentality Related Words
instrument
- noun a device that requires skill for proper use
- noun the means whereby some act is accomplished
  tool.
  - my greed was the instrument of my destruction
  - science has given us new tools to fight disease
- More ‘instrument’ Meaning
- instrumented Associated Words
- instrumented Prefix/Suffix Words
- instrumented Related Words
instrumentalist
- noun someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
  player; musician.
- More ‘instrumentalist’ Meaning
- instrumentalist Associated Words
- instrumentalist Prefix/Suffix Words
- instrumentalist Related Words
instrumentality
- noun a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
  - are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?
  - he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement
- noun the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
- More ‘instrumentality’ Meaning
- instrumentalities Associated Words
- instrumentalities Related Words
instrumentalist
- noun someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
  player; musician.
- More ‘instrumentalist’ Meaning
- instrumentalists Associated Words
- instrumentalists Related Words
instrumentalism
- noun a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success
- More ‘instrumentalism’ Meaning
- instrumentalism Associated Words
- instrumentalism Related Words
instrumental
- adjective relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
  - instrumental compositions
  - an instrumental ensemble
- adjective satellite serving or acting as a means or aid
  subservient; implemental.
  - instrumental in solving the crime
- More ‘instrumental’ Meaning
- instrumentally Associated Words
- instrumentally Related Words
instrument
- noun a device that requires skill for proper use
- noun the means whereby some act is accomplished
  tool.
  - my greed was the instrument of my destruction
  - science has given us new tools to fight disease
- More ‘instrument’ Meaning
- instrumenting Associated Words
- instrumenting Related Words
instrumentation
- noun an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
  instrumentality.
- noun the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
- More ‘instrumentation’ Meaning
- instrumentations Associated Words
- instrumentations Related Words
instrumental
- adjective relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
  - instrumental compositions
  - an instrumental ensemble
- adjective satellite serving or acting as a means or aid
  subservient; implemental.
  - instrumental in solving the crime
- More ‘instrumental’ Meaning
- instrumentals Associated Words
- instrumentals Related Words

Derived words of instrument

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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

noun A tool or implement used to do or facilitate work, especially a small precision tool used by a professional.
noun A device for recording, measuring, or controlling, especially such a device functioning as part of a control system.
noun Music A device for playing or producing music.
noun A means by which something is done; an agency.
noun One used by another to accomplish a purpose; a dupe.
noun A legal document, especially one that represents a right of payment or conveys an interest, such as a check, promissory note, deed, or will.
transitive verb To provide or equip with instruments.
transitive verb Music To compose or arrange for performance.

from The Century Dictionary.

In music, to compose or arrange for instruments, especially for an orchestra; score.
noun Something that serves as a means to the effecting of an end; anything that contributes to the production of an effect or the accomplishment of a purpose; a means; an agency.
noun Specifically Something used to produce a mechanical effect; a contrivance with which to perform mechanical work of any kind; a tool, implement, utensil, or machine.
noun Specifically In music, a mechanical contrivance or apparatus for producing musical sounds—that is, for setting up, either in a solid body or in a confined body of air, vibrations sufficiently rapid, regular, and definite to produce tones systematically related to one another.
noun One who is used by another; a human tool.
noun In law, a writing given as the means of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or affording evidence, as a writing containing the terms of a contract, a deed of conveyance, a grant, a patent, an indenture, etc.
noun See the adjectives. Synonyms Implement, Utensil, etc. See tool.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

transitive verb To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
transitive verb To furnish or equip with instruments; to attach instruments to.
noun That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; a device
noun A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced.
noun (Law) A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
noun One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means, or agent.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

noun A device used to produce music.
noun A measuring or displaying device.
noun A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement
noun law A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
noun figuratively A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
verb transitive To apply measuring devices.
verb transitive To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
verb To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb write an instrumental score for
verb address a legal document to
noun the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
noun the means whereby some act is accomplished
noun a person used by another to gain an end
noun (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
verb equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling
noun any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
noun a device that requires skill for proper use

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnstrūmentum, tool, implement, from īnstruere, to prepare; see instruct.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin īnstrūmentum («an implement, tool»). suffix -mentum.

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Examples

In addition to the health hazards of ringing ears and thundering headaches, a by-product of mindlessly blowing on this instrument is the accumulation of a huge amount of saliva.

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I’d have to suffer for the song your instrument is a canvas on which metaphors are composed my absurd white masterpiece breaks with raw passion as she balances more paint on her glorious nude silhouette

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I’d have to suffer for the song your instrument is a canvas on which metaphors are composed my absurd white masterpiece breaks with raw passion as she balances more paint on her glorious nude silhouette

poem on the wall
Jelly: I don’t know if it can be «air» if the instrument is actually there.

Feel the Rhythm
W e expect more from singers than we do from instrumentalists, because words speak to us in a way no trumpet or saxophone can — and because their instrument is also ours.

The Singing Epidemic
Jelly: I don’t know if it can be «air» if the instrument is actually there.

Archive 2006-05-01
Its inventor, Dr. Beverly B. McCollum of Los Angeles, Calif., demonstrates in the picture at the right how the instrument is then mounted for use in tooling a plate to just the right shape to give the most comfortable fit in the mouth.

2006 August
W e expect more from singers than we do from instrumentalists, because words speak to us in a way no trumpet or saxophone can — and because their instrument is also ours.

The Singing Epidemic
W e expect more from singers than we do from instrumentalists, because words speak to us in a way no trumpet or saxophone can — and because their instrument is also ours.

The Singing Epidemic
They asked him to let them smoke in _the pipe_, which was the name by which he called the instrument with the little bowl.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)

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Noun

an instrument designed to measure the Earth’s atmosphere

The piano was his favorite musical instrument.

Do you play any instruments?

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It’s called the anti-coercion instrument.

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Unlike earthquake prediction — which in terms of short-term prediction is currently not feasible and may never be feasible on a short timescale — volcano prediction is feasible and is common if volcanoes are instrumented.

—NBC News, 23 May 2018

Bullerengue is a genre led mainly by elderly women, instrumented exclusively with artisan drums, and preserved through oral tradition.

—Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2017

But however well-instrumented, machines can’t intuit.

—Bucky Mcmahon, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2017

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—USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2017

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10 Letters

7 Consonants

3 Vowels

3 Syllables

Types Of Speech

You can use instrument as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.

About Instrument

A 3 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters e, i, m, n, r, s, t, and u, 7 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters ru. Instrument starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters i, in, ins, inst, instr, and the ending characters are t, nt, ent, ment, ument, ..

Definition

The means whereby some act is accomplished; «my greed was the instrument of my destruction»; «science has given us new tools to fight disease»

Origin/Roots

Old French

School Grade

Instrument is set as a grade six word that starts with i, ends with t, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 10 letters.

Pig Latin

Instrument in Pig Latin is said as «instrumentay or instrumentway».

Unigram

i | n | s | t | r | u | m | e | n | t

Bigram

in | ns | st | tr | ru | um | me | en | nt

Trigram

ins | nst | str | tru | rum | ume | men | ent

Quadrigram

Word Gram

second letter n
third letter is s
fourth letter is t
fifth letter is r
sixth letter is u

Use As A Noun
Use As A Verb

Noun Examples: the means whereby some act is accomplished;
«my greed was the instrument of my destruction»;
«science has given us new tools to fight disease»; a device that requires skill for proper use; any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds; the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process; (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right; a person used by another to gain an end

Verb Examples: address a legal document to; write an instrumental score for; equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

Synonyms
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Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For «Instrument»

There are 938 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to instrument.

Synonym	Definition
Absolute Altimeter
Accelerator	a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
Accelerometer	an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets
Accord	sympathetic compatibility
Accoucheuse	a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
Acoustic Gramophone
Actors Agent
Adapt	adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions «We must adjust to the bad economic situation»
Adjust	adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions «We must adjust to the bad economic situation»
Adjuster	one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement

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There are 1 anagrams from instrument.

Anagram	Definition
Instrument	the means whereby some act is accomplished «my greed was the instrument of my destruction» «science has given us new tools to fight disease»

View English words with the unique letters used in instrument. Words With The Letters Eimnrstu

Derives

Instrument derives from 1 words.

Word	Definition
Instrument	the means whereby some act is accomplished «my greed was the instrument of my destruction» «science has given us new tools to fight disease»

Hypernyms

Instrument has 3 hypernyms.

Word	Definition
Agency	how a result is obtained or an end is achieved «a means of control» «an example is the best agency of instruction» «the true way to success»
Means	how a result is obtained or an end is achieved «a means of control» «an example is the best agency of instruction» «the true way to success»
Way	how a result is obtained or an end is achieved «a means of control» «an example is the best agency of instruction» «the true way to success»

Instrument Is In These Word Lists

Starts With I
- Ten letters, starting with i
- Starting with i, ending with t
- Ten letters with the second letter n
- Seven consonants, starting with i
- Three vowels, starting with i
- Three syllables, starting with i
Ends With T
- Ten letters, ending in t
- Seven consonants, ending in t
- Three vowels, ending in t
- Three syllables, ending in t
Spelled With / Contains Letters
- Solve the puzzle _n_t_u_e_t
- Solve the puzzle _ns_ru_en_
- Solve the puzzle _nst_ume_t
- Solve the puzzle _nstr_ment

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Suffixes of instrument

instrument

instrumental

instrumentation

instrumentality

instrument

instrumentalist

instrumentality