instrument.
A device used to produce music.
Meaning & usage
A device used to produce music.
The violinist was a master of her instrument.
A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
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.
A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement. Ellipsis of flight instrument.
Flight within clouds must be made by reference to your instruments.
A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will, or any of a class of negotiable ones (which can be exchanged for value or money).
A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.
To apply measuring devices.
an instrumented test article
To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
a sonata instrumented for orchestra
Where this word comes from
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”), From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.