/ˈɪnstrəmənt/
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Translation
An object made for playing music, or a tool for careful work.
Word origin
From Latin instrumentum, meaning a tool or equipment, from instruere, to build or prepare.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- instrumentum
- English cognates
- instruct, structure
Grammar
Gender
Pluralinstruments
Examples
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Guitars, pianos and drums are all musical instruments.
violin .
You play an instrument; you do not use it.
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Instruments are also the tools that measure things, as in a plane.
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