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How to pronounce instruments in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms instrumentate
Type of compose, write
Derivation instrumentation
Type Words
Synonyms musical instrument
Type of device
Has types bass, wind instrument, calliope, grind organ, electronic musical instrument, wheel fiddle, mouth bow, hand organ, percussion instrument, percussive instrument, jews' harp, wind, hurdy-gurdy, hurdy gurdy, barrel organ, steam organ, stringed instrument, keyboard instrument, electronic instrument, jew's harp, music box, musical box
Derivation instrumental, instrumentalist, instrumentate
Type Words
Synonyms tool
Type of means, agency, way
Derivation instrumental


my greed was the instrument of my destruction.
Type Words
Synonyms cat's-paw, pawn
Type of help, assistant, helper, supporter
Type Words
Synonyms legal document, legal instrument, official document
Type of document, papers, written document
Has types will, act, affidavit, arraignment, articles of incorporation, assignment, authorisation, authorization, bill, bill of indictment, brief, certificate, conveyance, debenture, deed, deed of conveyance, deed of trust, derivative, derivative instrument, enactment, impeachment, income tax return, indictment, judgement, judgment, judicial writ, law, legal brief, legal opinion, letters of administration, letters patent, letters testamentary, licence, license, living will, mandate, manifest, measure, negotiable instrument, opinion, passport, patent, permit, power of attorney, release, return, security, ship's papers, tax return, testament, title, trust deed, acquittance, work papers, work permit, working papers, writ, written agreement
Type Words
Synonyms instrumental role
Type of semantic role, participant role
Type Words
Type of address, direct
Type Words
Type of device
Has types measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system, medical instrument, optical instrument, cauterant, engine, navigational instrument, extractor, organ, harmonium, plotter, reed organ, scientific instrument, cautery, arm, sonograph, surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument, instrument of execution, instrument of punishment, tracer, weapon, weapon system, whip, analyser, analyzer, drafting instrument
Type Words
Type of equip, fit, outfit, fit out
Derivation instrumentation

Examples of instruments

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Cooper says several musical instruments were stolen, along with other equipment.
From the chron.com
I was trying out different instruments, trying out what I was going to major in.
From the courier-journal.com
For Isungset, instruments should only ever be crafted from naturally formed ice.
From the cnn.com
Thus, they are far more likely to claim losses than profits on such instruments.
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The erhu and the Chinese instruments combined with the Western instruments well.
From the theepochtimes.com
This leadership has made us the world leader in nanomechanical test instruments.
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Then GS bought some of those instruments because they thought Paulsen was wrong.
From the economist.com
A second fallacy is that all financial instruments have the same economic value.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's like all the instruments were pots and pans and the lyrics were just silly.
From the stltoday.com
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  • A device that requires skill for proper use
  • Equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling
  • The means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
  • Write an instrumental score for
  • Address a legal document to
  • A person used by another to gain an end
  • Instrument is a documentary film directed by Jem Cohen about the band Fugazi. Cohen's relationship with band member Ian MacKaye extends back to the 1970s when the two met in high school in Washington, D.C.. ...
  • A financial instrument is either cash; evidence of an ownership interest in an entity; or a contractual right to receive, or deliver, cash or another financial instrument.
  • In generative grammar (in particular government and binding theory and the Standard Theory of transformational grammar), a theta role or u03B8-role is the formal device for representing syntactic argument structure (the number and type of noun phrases) required syntactically by a particular verb. For example, the verb put requires three arguments (i.e., it is trivalent)...