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    in·stru·ment
    [ˈinstrəmənt]
    noun
    instruments (plural noun)
    1. a tool or implement, especially one for delicate or scientific work:
      "a surgical instrument" · "writing instruments"
      • a thing used in pursuing an aim or policy; a means:
        "drama as an instrument of learning"
      • a person who is exploited or made use of:
        "he was a mere instrument acting under coercion"
    2. a measuring device used to gauge the level, position, speed, etc. of something, especially a motor vehicle or aircraft:
      "a new instrument for measuring ozone levels" · "myriad instruments and switches"
    3. an object or device for producing musical sounds:
      "a percussion instrument"
    4. a formal document, especially a legal one:
      "execution involves signature and unconditional delivery of the instrument"
    verb
    instruments (third person present)
    1. equip (something) with measuring instruments:
      "engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere" · "a DC-8 aircraft instrumented as a flying laboratory"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin instrumentum ‘equipment, implement’, from the verb instruere ‘construct, equip’.
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    noun
    1. a tool or implement, especially one for delicate or scientific work:
      implement
      tool
      utensil
      device
      apparatus
      contrivance
      gadget
      contraption
      appliance
      mechanism
    2. a measuring device used to gauge the level, position, speed, etc. of something, especially a motor vehicle or aircraft:
      gauge
      meter
      measure
      indicator
      dial
      display
      measuring device
     
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  1. an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce musical sounds:

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    instrument noun [ C ] us / ˈɪn.strə.mənt / uk / ˈɪn.strə.mənt / instrument noun [C] (MUSIC) Add to word list Add to word list A2 (also musical instrument) an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce musical sounds:

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    The meaning of INSTRUMENT is a device used to produce music; also : a singing voice.

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    INSTRUMENT meaning: 1 : a tool or device used for a particular purpose; 2 : a tool or device designed to do careful and exact work

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    WEBFrom Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Tools, Medicine, Music, Measurement in‧stru‧ment /ˈɪnstrəmənt/ W2 noun [countable] 1 tool a small tool used in work such as science or medicine …

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