Device and Trend

Device

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

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

Trend noun - A prevailing or general movement or inclination.

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Device and trend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Trend".

Nearby Words: trendy, trended, trending

good	good device	good trend
similar	similar device	similar trend
common	common device	common trend
specific	specific device	specific trend
Other adjectives: certain, popular, small, large, big, main, new, major, minor, strange, latest, recurring.

He isn't totally ignorant of its potential, though, and in fact sees how such an innocuous device could inspire an entire new trend.

Source: Film / Super 8
As the series' most familiar comic device, this was played with several times: In the 1982 episode "Fads & Fashions", Christine, having subscribed to a fashion trend of wearing scuba gear, tried unsuccessfully to trigger a water drop by saying "water".

Source: Series / You Can't Do That on Television
The original Polish title was Miecz Przeznaczenia.Like the original book, Sword of Destiny is a collection of six novellas (minus a Framing Device) that continue the trend of merrily deconstructing your favorite fairy tales, though the motif of You Can't Fight Fate comes across even stronger.

Source: Literature / Sword of Destiny

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