Instrument can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| instrument - write an instrumental score for | ||
| instrument - equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling | ||
| instrument - address a legal document to | ||
Noun |
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| instrument - a device that requires skill for proper use | ||
| instrument - the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease" | ||
| instrument - a person used by another to gain an end | ||
| instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | ||
| instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds | ||
| instrument - the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | noun | My greed was the instrument of my destruction. | |
| 2. | noun | Do you play a musical instrument? | |
| 3. | noun | The thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature. | |
| 4. | noun | You play a musical instrument, don't you? | |
| 5. | noun | Language is an indispensable instrument of human society. | |
| 6. | noun | He was the instrument of his father's crimes. | |
| 7. | noun | Theremin: The world's first electronic musical instrument, made by Russian physicist Lev Sergeivitch Termen in 1920. | |
| 8. | noun | The sphygmomanometer is an important diagnostic instrument. | |
| 9. | noun | The trumpet is a musical instrument. | |
| 10. | noun | The instrument panel has a very ergonomic layout. | |
| 11. | noun | No matter which musical instrument you want to learn to play, the most important thing is not to make any mistakes from the beginning on, because mistakes are always imprinted on your mind more easily than everything you do right. | |
| 12. | noun | I think style and genre are less important factors in making us like music than the individual artist's skills in arrangement and playing of the instrument. | |
| 13. | noun | No instrument is snootier than the piccolo trumpet. | |
| 14. | noun | Modern harps have a series of pedals that enable the performer to tune the instrument to any diatonic scale. | |
| 15. | noun | What's your favorite musical instrument? |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| My greed was the instrument of my destruction. |
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| Do you play a musical instrument? | |
| The thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature. | |
| You play a musical instrument, don't you? | |
| Language is an indispensable instrument of human society. | |
| He was the instrument of his father's crimes. | |
| Theremin: The world's first electronic musical instrument, made by Russian physicist Lev Sergeivitch Termen in 1920. | |
| The sphygmomanometer is an important diagnostic instrument. | |
| The trumpet is a musical instrument. | |
| The instrument panel has a very ergonomic layout. | |
| No matter which musical instrument you want to learn to play, the most important thing is not to make any mistakes from the beginning on, because mistakes are always imprinted on your mind more easily than everything you do right. | |
| I think style and genre are less important factors in making us like music than the individual artist's skills in arrangement and playing of the instrument. | |
| No instrument is snootier than the piccolo trumpet. | |
| Modern harps have a series of pedals that enable the performer to tune the instrument to any diatonic scale. | |
| What's your favorite musical instrument? | |