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devices

noun

An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase ‘left to your own devices’

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Word length
7
Starts with
D
Ends with
S
Contains
EV
Scrabble score
13
CEFR level
B1

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noun

  1. An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase ‘left to your own devices’

    “Eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force”

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Eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force
The children were left to their own devices

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