devising
考案する
解説 Definition
devising は devise（考案する、工夫して作り出す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。計画、方法、仕組みなどをよく考えて作る場合に使います。
Devising is the process or ongoing action of creating a plan, method, system, or solution through careful thought. It is the present participle and gerund form of devise and often suggests practical ingenuity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
devising は devise の語末の黙字 e を落として -ing を付けた形で、発音も原形の /z/ 音を保ちます。単に思い付くより、問題を検討して plan、method、system などを工夫して作り出す語です。チームが公平な分担方法を組み立てる場面を思い浮かべ、be devising a plan や spend time devising a method で覚えましょう。
Devising is formed from devise by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing; the /z/ sound at the end of the base verb remains. Link it with deliberate problem-solving, not merely having a passing idea. Picture a team examining a difficult project and devising a workable plan, or someone devising a fair method for sharing tasks. Typical objects are a plan, strategy, method, system, test, or solution. The historical idea of dividing or arranging can support the image of breaking a problem into parts and rebuilding them into a design. Keep devise, devising, and device separate: a device is usually the resulting object or tool.
例文
The team is devising a new plan for the project.
チームはそのプロジェクトのために新しい計画を考案しています。
She spent the afternoon devising a fair way to share the work.
彼女は午後を使って、仕事を公平に分ける方法を考案しました。
Devising a simple test helped them find the problem quickly.
簡単なテストを考案したことで、彼らは問題をすばやく見つけられました。
devising の類義語・関連語
devising の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語「deviser（分ける・整理する）」に由来し、ラテン語「dividere（分ける）」が源流です。問題を細かく分けて組み立て直すイメージから、考案する意味が派生しました。同じ語根を持つ語に「divide」「device」があります。
Devising is the -ing form of devise, with the final silent e removed before the suffix is added. Devise entered English through Old French deviser, which could mean to divide, arrange, plan, or discuss, and is ultimately connected with Latin dividere, “to divide.” Its English meaning developed toward planning or inventing through thought. Device is historically related, but in modern usage devise is a verb, while device is chiefly a noun for an object, method, or contrivance.
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