Device and Programme

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Programme and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Programme" instead a noun "Device".

Programme noun - A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.

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Device and programme are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Programme".

old	old device	old programme
special	special device	special programme
elaborate	elaborate device	elaborate programme
single	single device	single programme
Other adjectives: popular, actual, main, new, nuclear, medical.

This was the central plot device of the children's television programme Bernard's Watch.

Source: Time Stands Still
In 1996, he got the chance to use the programme as a device to deliver an hour-long lecture, complete with fifteen replicas of the Marbles at the podia in the place of contestants.

Source: Series / Fifteen To One
Edutainment Show: Or as James often calls it, a "fact-based entertainment programme." Every Device Is a Swiss-Army Knife: The Swiss Army Bike, which is a normal bike that has a squeegee for cleaning windows, a grindstone, a drill, a sprayer for creosote, and a blender.

Source: Series / James May's Man Lab

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