devising
Plural: devisings
Noun
- the act that results in something coming to be
- "the devising of plans"
- the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
Verb
Verb Forms: devise, devised, devising, devises
- Planning or inventing a new method or scheme.
- Forming or planning something in the mind; inventing.
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
- give by will, especially real property
- present participle and gerund of devise
Examples
- DEVISING a strategy to use all their vowels was the player’s current challenge.
- He spent most of his turn devising a word that would block his opponent’s access to the triple word score.
Synonyms
contrive, devise, excogitate, fashioning, forge, formulate, get up, invent, machinate, making, organise, organize, prepare
Scrabble Score: 13
devising: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddevising: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
devising: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary